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Bloody-minded Tory ministers tried yesterday to finish the job Thatcher started by refusing to save two of Britain's last three surviving deep coalmines.
Business Minister Michael Fallon offered a £10 million loan to UK Coal - but only to help close the Kellingley and Thoresby pits.
The 340 workers he has already condemned to the dole will walk out of their colliery gates for the last time next month in a throwback to scenes from the 1980s.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
MIKE QUILLE applauds an excellent example of cultural democracy: making artworks which are a relevant, integral part of working-class lives
The Home Secretary’s recent letter suggests the Labour government may finally deliver on its nine-year manifesto commitment, writes KATE FLANNERY, but we must move quickly: as recently as 2024 Northumbria police destroyed miners’ strike documents