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Trade unions exposed the “madness” of Con-Dem plans to close two of Britain’s last coal mines yesterday after revealing that it would cost more than keeping them open.
Government plans for a “managed closure” of the Kellingly and Thoresby deep pits owned by UK Coal next year will dump 1,300 miners on the dole.
That would leave a £75 million black hole in the public purse from income tax and national insurance payments lost between 2016 and 2018 — and taxpayers will be forced to pick up the unemployment benefits bill for redundant workers.
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As unions sound the alarm on kafala-like dependence, FC Barcelona must decide whether their values extend beyond the pitch, writes KIVANC ELIACIK
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
