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Orgeave campaigners vow to fight on for inquiry into 1984 clashes

Campaigners for an inquiry into the so-called 'Battle of Orgreave' have vowed to continue their fight.

Members of the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign told a news conference "we regard the gloves as off" in response to Home Secretary Amber Rudd's decision not to look further into violent clashes between miners and police in 1984.

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Corbyn 'appalled' by Government's Orgreave ruling

Jeremy Corbyn said he was Credit: Reuters

Jeremy Corbyn said he was "appalled" that the Government have ruled out an inquiry into Orgreave.

In a tweet, the Labour leader said the decision announced by the Home Secretary on Monday afternoon denied "truth and justice for victims and their families."

Yvette Cooper, chairwoman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, urged Mrs Rudd to reconsider her decision.

She told MPs in the Commons that 95 miners faced the injustice of being charged, while some "went through very difficult trials based on charges and evidence that later collapsed".

She added: "Given her predecessor's record of a whole series of inquiries and reviews in cases where injustice was suspected, would she think again about her decision today?"

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