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Wes Streeting says striking doctors ‘will lose a war with this government’ Exclusive: Health secretary says Labour will not meet union’s pay demands but both sides can ‘win the peace’ * Wes Streeting: My message to doctors, after five days of strikes? Work with us – if you go to war with us, you’ll lose The doctors union “will lose a war with this government”, Wes Streeting has said, adding that the NHS is ready to tough out a prolonged series of strikes by the British Medical Association (BMA). In his most outspoken comments so far about the dispute involving resident doctors in England, the health secretary vowed that Labour would never give in to their demand for a 29% pay rise. Accused the BMA of causing “damage” to the NHS through its “reckless” long walkout. Claimed it deliberately sought to ruin through strikes the NHS’s effort to cut its 7.4m-strong backlog of care, which Labour has pledged to eradicate by 2029. Said the BMA’s 29% demand and strike had left other NHS staff “dismayed and appalled”. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/30/wes-streeting-striking-doctors-will-lose-war-with-this-government?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu