While all eyes were focused on the Chilcot Report on Iraq and Tony Blair’s extended non-apology, the Tories quietly sneaked out a big piece of news.

The Jeremy Hunt will impose the government contract on Junior Doctors, despite them overwhelmingly voting to reject it.

The health secretary said the phased introduction would go ahead after a vote of around 38,000 Junior Doctors (68%) showed they overwhelmingly rejected the deal.

The Guardian adds:

Senior doctors have warned that imposing the contract will reduce rather than increase the number of recent medical graduates who choose to make their career in the English NHS.

In a statement, Jeremy Hunt implied the vote was illegitimate and said only “a third of serving junior doctors actively voted against the agreement”.

But 58% of those who voted, on a 68% turnout, rejected the deal.

That’s far higher than those who voted the Tories in.