Trainee doctors in England are close to accepting the government's proposal to increase their wages by 22.3% over 2 years. This was reported by the newspaper The Times, according to which such a step could lead to an end to the strikes that have been going on for 1.5 years.
According to the publication, the British Medical Association (BMA), which represented the interests of trainee doctors, recommended that its members agree to the new Labor government's proposal. The strikers initially demanded a 35% wage increase, which they said would offset a 26% real wage decline over the past 15 years. Both the previous Conservative government and the opposition Labor shadow cabinet called such an increase impossible.
According to the newspaper, the burden on the budget as a result of this wage increase will be around 1 billion pounds (1.3 billion USD).