Ian Lavery: Forget the smears – this union spent years helping miners and their communities
Eighteen months ago, a series of allegations were made against me and the Northumberland Area of the union…
Miners
Cooper: Home secretary must cough up 30 Orgreave files after inquiry snub
Yvette Cooper, chair of the home affairs select committee, yesterday published her letter to home secretary Amber Rudd demanding…
Richard Burgon: In defence of Labour Party members
Abusive and threatening behaviour online and misogyny are serious societal problems that urgently need tackling. The leader of the…
Burnham accuses Tories of misleading Parliament over Orgreave inquiry delays
Andy Burnham has accused Conservative ministers of misleading Parliament over claims the police watchdog warned against an inquiry…
Why we need Justice for the Coalfields
This week Labour launched our ‘Justice for Coalfields’ campaign, following damning new evidence revealed in newly released cabinet…
How Thatcher lied to the country during the Miners’ Strike
After thirty years of collecting dust, the declassification of secret government papers has finally exposed Margaret Thatcher’s and…
We need to talk about the Miners
No, we’ve not slipped back thirty years (before any of you think it), but today we still need…
