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12 January 2016updated 27 Jul 2021 6:57am

Is the junior doctors’ strike the first strike ever to be supported by the Labour Party?

It’s complicated, but no.

By Anoosh Chakelian

Junior doctors are on strike, and the suggestion has been flying around that this event marks the first time in history that the Labour Party has supported a strike.

But this isn’t true.

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