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Health workers won’t swallow Truss’s medicine
Protesters gather outside Perth Concert Hall in Perth, Scotland, where Conservative leadership hopefuls, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are due to take part in a hustings event

NEARLY eight out of 10 doctors in Scotland are willing to strike over pay, according to a survey by the British Medical Association.

Nine out of 10 consider the current pay offer too low, while a whopping 88 per cent complain their contribution to the NHS was not reflected in the offer.

Scottish medics are not unique in feeling this way. Millions of workers share their sentiments. An unacceptable pay offer is normal. When, in the context of runaway price inflation, it amounts to a massive pay cut, it is a provocation.

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