Junior doctors offered 22% pay rise by ministers to end strike action

By ITV News Producer Hannah Ward-Glenton

Junior doctors have struck a pay deal with ministers, which could see their pay increased by around 20% over two years, the government has confirmed.

The reported pay rise will amount to an average rise of 22.3% that will cover the years 2023-24 and 2024-25.

The BMA's committee is putting the offer to its members and if the deal is accepted, it will put an end to months of walkouts over pay.

Junior doctors had called for a 35% pay increase after saying their pay had been cut by more than a quarter since 2008.

The deal is set to cost the government around £1 billion, according to reporting by the Times newspaper.

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The details were announced in a speech by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Monday afternoon.

Speaking in the Commons Reeves said: "Today marks the start of a new relationship between the government and staff working in our national health service and the whole country will welcome that."

Where the previous government ducked difficult decisions, I am taking action."

Junior doctors restarted pay negotiations following the General Election, with new Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting contacting the BMA on his first day in the job after he described the long-running dispute as a "priority".

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