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  Speech: Parliamentary debate on Coalfield Communities

  28th October 2014

  On Tuesday 28th October the House of Commons held a debate on our Coalfield Communities and the legacy of the pit closure programme during the 1980s. Labour forced the debate as part of our Justice for the Coalfields campaign. A great number of MPs applied to take part in the debate and regretfully... More

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  Tags: Dan Jarvis   Barnsley   Labour Party   NUM   Energy  

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  Barnsley Independent article: Will our children face their own Miners’ Strike?

  6th April 2014

  [photo: listening to the contributions of local students at the ‘Coal Not Dole’ exhibition launch}With the 30th anniversary of the miners’ strike upon us, our town is seeing many events commemorating that historic struggle. But it is also an opportunity to reflect on what we have learnt... More

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  Tags: Dan Jarvis   Barnsley   Barnsley Central   NUM   Remaking Barnsley   Economy   Young people