18-04-2016 20:49 via theguardian.com

Labour tells Jeremy Hunt to clarify position on junior doctors' contract

Opposition ask attorney general to intervene after health secretary fails to give conclusive reply to question about his legal right to impose contract termsLabour has called on the attorney general to clear up the mounting confusion over whether the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has the power to impose a new contract on junior doctors. Heidi Alexander, the shadow health secretary, has written to Jeremy Wright asking him to clarify whether Hunt has the legal right to force 45,000 NHS trainee me
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