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UK inflation is at it's lowest recorded rate for decades, thanks to falling food and fuel prices. But as Katie Gregory reports, despite deflation on the horizon it's not a bleak outlook for the economy.
Images show a picket line in front of UCL hospital in London as junior doctors begin a 3-day strike over pay at the start of a week that will also see teachers, train staff and civil servants walk out in the lastest of a wave of UK industrial action. The strike by junior doctors -- who are not senior specialists but can still have decades of experience -- is the longest they have ever staged. The British Medical Association, the body representing them, says junior doctors have suffered a 26% real-terms paycut since 2008/09 and are demanding a 35% wage hike to combat this. IMAGES
Images of British nurses staging a second unprecedented strike to demand pay rises and better working conditions in front of St Thomas' Hospital in London. The strike, which began last week, comes against a backdrop of multiple walkouts in the UK, where inflation is running at over 10%. IMAGES
Images show nurses in front of London's St Thomas' Hospital amidst unprecedented walkouts. Up to 100,000 nurses around the UK are staging a one-day strike as a "last resort" in their fight for better wages and working conditions. IMAGES
Demonstrators aligned with the group 'Don't Pay UK' gather outside London's King's Cross Station to burn mock bills in protest at the rising cost of energy. Chants of 'Can't pay, won't pay, we say don't pay' ring out, reflecting the group's advocacy of withholding payment of energy bills while prices remain at their current level. IMAGES
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