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MINERS’ leader Chris Kitchen made a final plea yesterday for MPs not to repeat Thatcher’s tragic "mistakes" by allowing Britain’s last two deep-pit coalmines to close.
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) general secretary told the Commons energy select committee that the industry could have a bright future.
He asked MPs not to “make the same mistake” as the ex-Tory PM by putting skilled men on the dole, making a desert of communities and risking Britain’s energy security.
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