On the picket line: Strikes are about our ‘constant struggle to keep on fighting for the NHS’

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By Ella Pickover and Storm Newton, PA , and Daniel Pye

Resident doctors across England have started five days of strike action demanding more jobs and a long-term approach to restoring pay.

This comes after British Medical Association (BMA) members rejected a final offer from the government, which would have promised to increase specialty training posts.