What Can the UK Government Actually Afford? | BBC Newscast

Can the UK government afford everything it wants to do?

Adam is joined by BBC economics editor Faisal Islam and BBC health editor Hugh Pym to discuss the news that resident doctors, who used to be called junior doctors, have announced strike dates for later this summer. The government says it won’t reopen negotiations with the British Medical Association, which represents resident doctors.

Plus, the chair of the inquiry into the infected blood scandal says that victims have been harmed by delays to the compensation scheme. The government announced £11.8 billion pounds to fund compensation at the autumn budget, but the inquiry’s chair, Sir Brian Langstaff says there are “obvious injustices” in the way the compensation scheme has been set out.

Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news

#NHS #DoctorsStrikes #BBCNews

00:00 Introduction
01:44 Doctors Strikes
13:09 Infected Blood Compensation
23:52 OBR Fiscal Report

Post from BBC News on July 09, 2025

View Original Post