Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he would negotiate with striking doctors if he wins the election but declared that he cannot afford to meet demands.
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00:00I don't want these strikes to be going ahead. We had asked and called for them
00:05not to go ahead because they're not in the interests of doctors, they're not in
00:09interest certainly of patients and this is a problem that the government has
00:13failed to deal with and if we're elected into government we will have to pick up.
00:17What we will do is ensure that on day one we start the discussion with the
00:22doctors. We're not going to simply meet their demands, we can't afford that, but
00:27we will do is start negotiation to bring these strikes to an end. Now I'm not in a
00:32position to say how those negotiations will go. What I am in a position to say
00:37is that there will be grown-up politics where we actually resolve issues and get
00:41our hospitals back working in the way that everybody not just expects but
00:46actually is entitled to.