{"id":260394,"date":"2025-07-10T00:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-can-the-uk-government-actually-afford-bbc-newscast\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T00:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T23:04:45","slug":"what-can-the-uk-government-actually-afford-bbc-newscast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/what-can-the-uk-government-actually-afford-bbc-newscast\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can the UK Government Actually Afford? | BBC Newscast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/jZhsVAj7neQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"What Can the UK Government Actually Afford? | BBC Newscast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jZhsVAj7neQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Can the UK government afford everything it wants to do?<\/p>\n<p>Adam is joined by BBC economics editor Faisal Islam and BBC health editor Hugh Pym to discuss the news that resident doctors, who used to be called junior doctors, have announced strike dates for later this summer. The government says it won\u2019t reopen negotiations with the British Medical Association, which represents resident doctors.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the chair of the inquiry into the infected blood scandal says that victims have been harmed by delays to the compensation scheme. The government announced \u00a311.8 billion pounds to fund compensation at the autumn budget, but the inquiry\u2019s chair, Sir Brian Langstaff says there are \u201cobvious injustices\u201d in the way the compensation scheme has been set out. <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#NHS  #DoctorsStrikes #BBCNews<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Introduction<br \/>\n01:44 Doctors Strikes<br \/>\n13:09 Infected Blood Compensation<br \/>\n23:52 OBR Fiscal Report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can the UK government afford everything it wants to do? 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