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Unions want compensation for miners and their families
The Independent|November 17, 2024
The chancellor is under pressure from trade unions to offer payouts to miners involved in strikes during the 1980s.
- DAVID MADDOX
Unions want compensation for miners and their families

After Rachel Reeves announced £11.8bn for the victims of the infected blood scandal and another £1.8bn for those affected by the Post Office Horizon scandal, attention has been drawn to other ongoing claims.

Former TUC president Matt Wrack, now general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, is now leading calls from the trade unions for Ms Reeves to consider the case of miners involved in the 1984-85 strike, which became a defining moment during Margaret Thatcher’s time in government.

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