Starmer Loses Ultimatum Showdown as Junior Doctors Launch 6-Day Strike

Junior doctors will walk out for six days from next Monday after Starmer’s 48-hour ultimatum expired without a deal. Their 15th strike since 2023 Starmr had threatened to pull a package of 1,000 extra training places and pay reforms if the BMA did not call off the action. They didn’t, and now the strike is