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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Sam Hall

Inquiry into Orgreave violence during 1984 miners’ strike announced

A public inquiry into the violent confrontation at Orgreave during the 1984 miners’ strike will be established this year, the Government has announced.

The inquiry, expected to launch in the autumn, will investigate the events surrounding clashes at the Orgreave Coking Plant in South Yorkshire on June 18 1984, which caused 120 injuries.

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