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Ministers were accused yesterday of misleading miners by making false claims that European Union state aid rules could stop them saving two troubled coal mines.
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has been among Con-Dem ministers to claim that saving the Kellingley and Thoresby pits could break competition rules.
But the Star can reveal that senior European Commission officials have stated that is categorically not the case.
US tariffs have had Von der Leyen bowing in submission, while comments from the former European Central Bank leader call for more European political integration and less individual state sovereignty. All this adds up to more pain and austerity ahead, argues NICK WRIGHT
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