Labour Party has announced a new policy aimed at addressing the long-standing grievances of former miners regarding the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme. The manifesto includes plans to review the controversial 50:50 surplus sharing arrangement and return £1.2 billion from the Special Reserve Fund to the beneficiaries. This move has been praised by coalfield MPs such as Steph Peacock and Graham Morris, who have campaigned for years on this issue. Ed Miliband, who visited Barnsley with NUM General Secretary Chris Kitchen to discuss the policy, emphasized the party's commitment to ensuring fair pensions for mining communities.
Great to be in Barnsley today with @Steph_Peacock and Chris Kitchen of the NUM, talking about Labour’s plan to end the injustice of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme. We owe our mining communities a huge debt. A Labour government will ensure they receive fair pensions. https://t.co/nhCYcnoyIT
Today I was proud to welcome @Ed_Miliband to the NUM Barnsley with the General Secretary Chris Kitchen to talk to miners as we launch the Labour Party’s policy to end the injustice of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme 🌹 https://t.co/SGRQGTtJNT
East Midlands former mineworker welcomes Labour's commitment to end injustice of Mineworkers' Pension Scheme ⚖️👷🏽♂️https://t.co/ogi6uO3cFh
Great to see this. I and other Labour colleagues have long called for this injustice to end. Remember, the Tories had 14 years to sort this out. It’s a disgrace that former miners’ in County Durham went to their graves without getting what was rightfully theirs.… https://t.co/y7U7Qes7Uq
This is great news for all those miners & their families who campaigned over many years, supported by coalfield Labour MPs like @Steph_Peacock & @grahamemorris who raised this issue time and again. And huge credit to @Ed_Miliband who, as ever, has shown he is a man of his word. https://t.co/nvOvtuRfrj
This is great news for miners & their families who campaigned over many years, supported by coalfield MPs in Parliament like @Steph_Peacock & @grahamemorris who repeatedly raised this issue. And credit also to @Ed_Miliband who, as ever, has shown he is a man of his word. https://t.co/nvOvtuRfrj
This is great news for all those miners & their families who campaigned over many years, supported by coalfield MPs in Parliament like @Steph_Peacock & @grahamemorris who repeatedly raised this issue. And credit also to @Ed_Miliband who, as ever, has shown he is a man of his… https://t.co/nvOvtuRfrj
Our manifesto includes some great news for mining communities 👇 - Injustice of the 50:50 surplus will be reviewed - £1.2billion in the Special Reserve Fund handed back to the beneficiaries Another reason why you should vote Labour on 4 July
🇬🇧 Ex-Miners Could Get Pension Increases ▫Labour in manifesto to end 'injustice' of Tory scheme ▫@Masonboyowen #frontpagestoday #UK @yorkshirepost 🇬🇧 https://t.co/MU1YmUK0ZZ