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UK hands over £1.5 billion pension fund to ex-coal miners

30-year dispute over Mineworker's Pension Scheme resolved

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"This will end an historic injustice," said minister for industry Sarah Jones | Credits: Shutterstock / LarysaPol

The UK Treasury has announced it will hand full control of a £1.5 billion fund over to a pension scheme for former coal miners, after a prolonged campaign.  As a result, the government estimates that...

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