Scottish government releases paper that cannot identify any advantages from Brexit
At the morning lobby briefing Downing Street also said that the announcement of a five-day strike by junior doctors in England was “extremely disappointing”. Asked if Rishi Sunak was concerned about the development, the PM’s spokesperson said:
Yes. It puts patient safety and our efforts to cut the waiting lists at risk. It’s obviously extremely disappointing.
In the meeting government had with junior doctors we made a fair and reasonable opening offer, and we were discussing both pay and non-pay issues. But they chose to end the talks by announcing new strike dates.
They are rightly independent. Obviously, people are able to express their view, that’s right in a free society.
For our part, we recognise it is rightly the independent Bank of England that sets monetary policy and the monetary policy committee are responsible for that.
