
Labour faces first tests in talks with BMA and Aslef
Health Secretary Wes Streeting is due to meet with the British Medical Association's junior doctors committee in a bid to resolve their long-running pay dispute.
Junior doctor members of the BMA have walked out on strike 11 times in the past 20 months as they continue to push their demand for a 35 per cent wage hike.
Meanwhile, the Aslef union representing train drivers will attend a meeting at the Department of Transport (DfT) in an effort to end their own row over pay.
Aslef members have staged 18 days of strikes since their dispute started two years ago, causing huge disruption to rail passengers.
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