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AN INDEPENDENT review of the policing of the 1984-85 miners’ strike in Scotland is to be set up following a long campaign by trade unions, campaigners and the Scottish Labour Party.
SNP Justice Secretary Michael Matheson announced at Holyrood yesterday that a new probe would “honestly address some of the key issues through a focused investigation.”
He said he had concluded that “doing nothing is not an option.”
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
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
