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HOME SECRETARY Sajid Javid has rejected a proposal from the Bishop of Sheffield to set up an independent panel to investigate what happened to miners during the police riot at Orgreave.
The Rt Rev Dr Peter Wilcox said an investigation into the events of June 18 1984 by an independent panel would “serve the public interest.”
South Yorkshire Police herded thousands of striking miners into a field near Orgreave cokeworks at Rotherham in South Yorkshire as they tried to picket the plant during the miners’ strike.
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
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
