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Should doctors be allowed to strike?

Doctors are taking industrial action today over pensions and only about a third of us support them apparently.

Have they got a moral duty to carry on as normal?

Have you had an appointment or operation cancelled over this?

The doctors call them non-urgent, but how worried are you by the delays, the postponements?

Do you support them over their pensions? Have they been sold down the river over an agreement they signed?

The debate about public sector pensions will continue to rumble on - but what about those of us with private pensions?

According to a report out this week, the average 50-year-old has less than half the retirement savings needed to guarantee a minimum standard of living when they stop work. Research from the insurance company MetLife found that the typical middle-aged person had 拢54,300 in pension funds, compared with the 拢123,000 needed to keep them above the poverty line.

We speak to Financial Advisor, David Braithwaite.

We hear your views.

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