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Political Fix

Who's right in the junior doctor's strike and the EU referendum on Fleet Street

Political Fix

Financial Times

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2016

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Robert Shrimsley, Henry Mance, Sarah Neville and Emily Cadman of the Financial Times discuss what has been happening in Westminster this week — including the junior doctor's strike and what it says about the future of the NHS -- plus, how the EU referendum will be fought on Fleet Street and the closure of The Independent. Presented by Sebastian Payne.

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0:37.0

Welcome to F.T. Politics, a weekly podcast on British politics from the Financial Times.

0:43.0

I'm Sebastian Payne, digital comment editor,

0:46.0

and I'm back in the hosting seat,

0:48.0

which has been most ably filled by George Parker for the last two weeks.

0:51.0

In this episode, we'll be digging under the hood of the Junior Doctor's

0:54.8

strike to explain who is in the right and how this dispute points towards the future challenges

1:00.0

for the NHS. Plus we'll also be examining the current state of the British

1:04.2

newspaper industry and how Fleet Street will deal with the EU referendum.

1:08.3

To do this I'm delighted to be joined by some of the FT's finest analytical minds

1:15.3

Sarah Neville the FT's public policy editor economics reporter Emily cadman

1:20.2

Robert Shrimsley managing editor of FT.com, and Henry Mans are outgoing media correspondent

1:26.0

and incoming political correspondent.

1:28.4

Thank you all for joining.

1:29.9

So let's begin with junior doctors who have been out on strike again this week.

1:34.2

The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is remaining firm in his commitment to bring in a new contract

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