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Mining groups blast Rishi Sunak's 'appalling' decision not to return more than £1billion to pension fund


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Councillor John McCabe, Honorary Secretary of both the North of England Institute of Mining and the North East Mechanical Engineers and the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
“Repaying the £1.2billion would only be a start,” said Alan Mardghum, Secretary of the Durham Miners’ Association, who is pushing for 100% ‘compensation’ for the vast sums he argues workers and their families are owed.
But we should be getting 100% of the money from a fund we’ve all paid into. The Government has continued to take that money even despite the recommendations made by an all-party Parliamentary committee.
That’s miners’ money – that’s a fund that miners paid into to secure a future for themselves and for their widows.” ....

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A slap in the face for ex-miners


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GOVERNMENT ministers have rejected proposals to supply an immediate £1.2bn cash boost to thousands of ex-miners involved in a controversial pension scheme - saying they believe arrangements are ‘fair and beneficial’.
The response to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Select Committee inquiry into the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (MPS) has been called a ‘slap in the face’ to those who toiled down the pits and their families.
The inquiry and report were heavily critical of the government’s actions in claiming at least £4bn from a pension pot for former miners, many of whom live with long-term illness and disabilities. ....

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