This petition calls upon the UK Government to review the mineworkers' pension fund to reduce the 50/50 share of the surplus that the Government takes from the system. It has been many years since the mineworkers and widows have had an increase in their pension (other than cost of living increases). They deserve a fair increase in their pension.
Since 1994, both Labour and Tory governments have taken from the surplus of the miners' pension fund at a rate of £1 million per day, making a total of £8 billion. The government must reduce the deduction from 50% of the surplus to a more reasonable percentage.
As George Galloway's informed guests pointed out on the episode of Sputnik from RT TV on 3/Sep/2016, this theft from the miners by UK governments is an OUTRAGE, which the UK media have chosen to ignore.
ReplyDeleteThey mentioned that in addition to destroying the mining industry, jobs and towns, the government wish to punish the miners to the grave.
This theft from the miners reminds me of the Hillsborough cover-up.
When will the people of the UK once again stand up to the Westminster elite, as the miners tried to do?
There is a demo in Liverpool on 27 September at noon. Full details here. See you there?
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