The NUM welcome the announcement of the Home Secretary to hold a statutory Inquiry into the policing at Orgreave and the subsequent Court case abandoned after police evidence was discredited. Fulfilling a pledge made in the Labour Party Manifesto that the Mining communities would not have got had there not been a Labour Government elected.
The events at Orgreave and throughout the Strike destroyed the trust between the police and mining communities even now 41 years later. It is vital that this trust is won back and the NUM believe this Inquiry will go some way to rebuilding that trust that will benefit everyone.
The NUM will offer The Rt Revd Dr Pete Wilcox, Bishop of Sheffield any assistance that he requires to ensure that his inquiry uncovers the Truth about who orchestrated the events at Orgreave and the failed Court case so that precautions can be put in place, so it never happens again.
