Government announces formal start of official Orgreave inquiry to bring justice for miners

Terms of reference are to seek fullest disclosure of information and to produce a report by spring 2028 UK politics live – latest updates The government has announced the formal start of the promised official inquiry into the violent policing at the Orgreave coking plant during the 1984-85 miners’ strike and the discredited prosecutions of 95 men that followed. Chaired by Pete Wilcox , the bishop of Sheffield, the inquiry was announced in July by the then home secretary, Yvette Cooper. The gover