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New data from the vote on 4 May shows that 0.25% of people (approximately 14,000) who went to a polling station were unable to vote - either because they had no ID with them, or the wrong type.Īccepted forms of ID include passports, driving licences and blue badges - or voters can apply for a free certificate by post ahead of polling day. Under new rules brought in by the government, voters must now show an accepted form of photo identification before they are allowed a ballot paper. "As their refusal to even discuss pay restoration leads to continued disruption to the health service, more than four-fifths of junior doctors report finding their patients supportive – they understand the value of a fully staffed and resourced NHS."Īround 14,000 people were not able to vote in this year's local elections because they failed to produce the right photo ID, the Electoral Commission has revealed. "What better indication of how committed they are to ending this dispute could we have? Junior doctors, represented by the British Medical Association, have been calling for "pay restoration" to an equivalent to what they earned in 2008 or so, as they have received below inflation raises since then.Ĭo-chairs of the BMA junior doctors committee Dr Robert Laurenson and Dr Vivek Trivedi said: "It has been almost a week since the last round of strikes finished but not once have we heard from Rishi Sunak or Steve Barclay in terms of reopening negotiations since their collapse of our talks and cancelling all scheduled meetings a month ago.
The strike is the latest in the industrial action called in the NHS.
From 13 July, the young medics will walk out in what they believe is the "longest single period of industrial action in the history of the health service".
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