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Hello there, I'm Alicia McCarthy, and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4 for Thursday

the 26th of March, where the Health Secretary condemns a six-day strike by England's resident

doctors.

Every penny spent on keeping the show on the road during strikes

is a penny that cannot be spent on improving staff pay, working conditions or better care for patients.

Also tonight, the government confirms compensation for bereaved families

who've experienced delays accessing their relatives' premium bonds.

A Labour MP wants a promise that NS and I...

...will have regard to the distress that many of those families will be experiencing

and that those cases will be handled very sensitively.

And the Conservatives say local government leaders are unhappy with proposals

to reorganise their areas. They were presented with a plan and told to comply. The outcome was

predetermined. This is a stitch-up. But first, the Health Secretary has told MPs that the deal on the table for England's

resident doctors is the government's best and final offer. The British Medical Association

has announced a six-day strike from the 7th of April after talks between the two sides on pay

and jobs broke down. In the Commons, West Streeting insisted that resident doctors,

formerly known as junior doctors, would have been on average 35% better off than four years ago,

but he warned, The government's tolerance for costly and disruptive action that undermines a critical

public service is fast diminishing.

I do not want resident doctors in three years' time to look back on this moment with regret

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