Union bosses want Reeves to pay compensation to miners who took on Thatcher

The chancellor is facing pressure from trade unions, led by former TUC president Matt Wrack of the Fire Brigades Union, to offer payouts to miners involved in the 1984-85 strike. Following recent announcements of compensation for victims of the infected blood and Post Office scandals, Wrack argues that miners who suffered politically motivated criminal convictions during the strike deserve similar recognition for the actions taken by Margaret Thatcher’s government, which resulted in thousands being arrested, injured, tried, sacked, and imprisoned.

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