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WELCOME TO THE YORKSHIRE AREA SECTION OF THE NUM WEBSITE

THIS SECTION WILL BE DEDICATED TO THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO, AND AFFECT MINERS, FORMER MINERS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN YORKSHIRE.

The site will develop with time covering among other things, news, events and history.

This Yorkshire area section will compliment The National Union Website and although it may occasionally duplicate issues it will predominantly address matters of concern to members in Yorkshire.

The continuing struggle for the mining industry is at the heart of everything we do. The livelihoods of our members and their families depend on it and we shall always be at the forefront of the campaign to maintain and expand our great industry.

With the development of clean coal technologies British deep-mined coal can play a major role in the nation's energy security.

COAL NEED NOT BE BLACK
IT CAN BE GREEN.

We hope that you'll find the Yorkshire Area section interesting, useful and informative.

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These cuts are the pits

Hundreds of thousands of retired miners and their widows face pension cuts because the Government is imposing miserly new rules. Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith wants private pensions to rise in line with the Consumer Prices Index rather than the Retail Prices Index. It doesn’t soun

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Fraud 'a cover for hurting the poor'

Trade unionists have accused David Cameron of using benefit fraud as "cover for swingeing cuts to genuine claimants." Speaking last week Mr Cameron described benefit fraud and error as "the one area of ingrained waste that outranks all others." However the TUC said that, while all fraud should b

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These cuts won't hurt a bit. Unless you're young or poor

This is only the appetiser, not even the first course, just the amuse-bouche to whet the appetite. With a hint of lip-smacking relish for the coming cuts, George Osborne and David Laws today sharpened their knives. There were no expressions of regret, not even a crocodile tear or two for the real

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INDIA' RELIANCE ON COAL

India claimed to be a front-runner among developing nations for emissions disclosure today with its first national survey of greenhouse gases in more than a decade. The government study based on 2007 data showed a sharp increase in industrial activity since the last assessment in 1994 has made Indi

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