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Chris McCall

Scottish miners sacked during bitter 1984 strike deserve compensation, SNP ministers told

SNP ministers have been urged to reconsider their refusal to offer compensation to Scottish miners who were sacked during the bitter 1984 strike.

Dennis Canavan said those involved had been victims of "some of the biggest miscarriages of justice in the history of Scottish industrial relations".

The former Labour MP sat on the independent review group established by the Scottish Government to reexamine the events of 1984 and recommend whether there was a case to pardon those convicted of trade union activity.

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