laurence buckman really implied.ce to see him again, by the way, after a long time. >> yeah, i mean, this is the point, isn't it, that that, you know, bma perhaps know, the bma should perhaps have standing forjunior have been standing up forjunior doctors many ago doctors pay many, many years ago if they fallen far behind if they fallen so far behind since 2008. and now they're taking a sort of very militant line at a time when our national finances have never been worse . finances have never been worse. >> it's not just not just the pay, >> it's not just not just the pay, it's also the whole aspect of training and how they work in, um, when was it when in 2009, the working time director, the european working time directive was introduced and implemented. the bma's support. and that was a disaster because when i trained, when i was a junior doctor, we worked in firms and teams with consultants, registrars , senior consultants, registrars, senior registrars, houseman it was very supportive and we had good accommodatio

doctor laurence buckman, former chairman of the bma gps committee . great stuff. bma gps committee. 5:00, with almost 2.5 million fixed rate mortgages is set to end this yeah mortgages is set to end this year. i'll ask whether interest rates are about to fall. we could finally have some good news, but first, your latest news, but first, your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> the headlines this hour, the home secretary is insisting the government has cleared a backlog of migrant asylum applications , of migrant asylum applications, as critics today accuse the government of fiddling the figures. the number of asylum case decisions was made last year and the highest since 2002. as the government insisted its commitment to clear the backlog has been delivered. but labour says it's false and reports suggest the reduced figure is in part due to some legacy cases being moved to other categories. the number, though, is coming down, according to the government , five of the six crew government, five of the six crew on board a japanese coastguard plane have been c