Starmer says he is ‘gutted’ by BMA’s ‘irresponsible’ decision to go ahead with doctors’ strike – UK politics live

Resident doctors in England will strike as planned this week after they voted to reject the government’s latest offerIn his Q&A, Danny Kruger was also asked whether he was concerned whether the Guardian reports about people at school with Nigel Farage saying they recall him being racist as a pupil, which have been widely followed up, and the party’s response to them, which has alternated between outright denial and suggestions that any comments were banter, or taken out of context, or misremembered, have damaged the party’s poll ratings. Support for the party has flatlined, or fallen, since the stories started appearing.In response, Kruger rejected suggestions this was a problem. He explained:The polling remains very, very positive for Reform. We are clearly well ahead of every other party. And that is sustained and consistent in every single poll that you see.And I’m confident that that will continue.Reform % was down across most