The train drivers’ two-year strike and the junior doctors’ action in England were the two remaining national disputes from the 2022-3 strike wave of rail, postal and telecom workers, NHS staff, teachers and lecturers that was demobilised by the union bureaucracy based on sellout agreements.

Junior doctors in England accept the government’s offer of a 22% pay rise over two years, ending their long-running dispute.

A more senior junior doctor will see their salary increase by £12,027, taking their pay to £70,425. By contrast, junior nursing colleagues, who engaged in half as many strike days, have seen their pay rise by around 11pc to £29,969 over the same period. An experienced nurse will have seen a 15pc rise to £46,148.

Junior doctors in England accepted a pay deal on Monday made by the government, a breakthrough that follows a series of strikes, including the longest walkout in the history of the National Health Service (NHS) earlier this year.

This follows a motion to the BMA’s annual policy making conference in 2023 when doctors voted in favour of a name change.’ This deal means junior doctors’ pay will rise b