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UK: Labour calls on government to apologise over miners' strike - Move follows release of Whitehall papers showing deployment of troops was considered at height of mid-80s dispute

29 January 2014

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"The Labour party is to call on the government to issue an apology for the conduct of Margaret Thatcher's administration during the miners' strike of 1984-85, after recently released Whitehall papers showed a secret plan to close 75 pits."

See the full article: Labour calls on government to apologise over miners' strike - Move follows release of Whitehall papers showing deployment of troops was considered at height of mid-80s dispute (Guardian, link)

And see: Cabinet papers reveal 'secret coal pits closure plan' (BBC News, link)

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