BBCNEWS World July 5, 2024
i'm sally bundock with the top business stories. and we begin here in the uk where, as you've been hearing, the nhs in england is braced for six days of strike action starting in an hour and a half, so 7am. and this marks the longest stretch of industrial action in the history of the national health service. junior doctors have been pushing for a 35% pay rise, which they say would restore their earnings after inflation to 2008 levels, but the government says this is unaffordable. for many decades, healthcare spending in western economies as a share of gdp has always risen, but recent...
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