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Mick Newton and other ex-miners at the Labour Party conference in 2024

Former Nottinghamshire miners will be among those protesting at the Labour Party's conference calling for final pensions justice to be delivered for ex-colliery workers across the country. All of Nottinghamshire's Labour MPs recently united in calling on their government to hand billions of pounds back to ex-miners "without delay".

Campaigners previously said that six former miners were dying every day whilst waiting for pensions justice. The government says it is working "at pace" on a review looking at whether billions of pounds should be given back to coalfield communities.

Yet those waiting for a pension uplift say the uncertainty should end immediately and Ashfield MP Lee Anderson previously said ex-mi

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