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Campaigners step up calls for inquiry into 1984 ‘Battle of Orgreave’

Hundreds of people are expected to join a rally in 2024 aimed at persuading ministers to reverse a decision not to hold a public inquiry into violent clashes between striking miners and police 40 years ago. The government has repeatedly ruled out an ...

30 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Renewed calls for public inquiry into so-called Battle of Orgreave

Calls for a public inquiry into events on one of the most violent days of the year-long miners’ strike are being stepped up following new footage on TV of clashes between police and pickets. The violent confrontation in June 1984 outside a coking ...

04 Feb 2024 at 14:11

Protesters call for inquiry into ‘Battle of Orgreave’

Thousands of people will join a protest on Saturday to keep up the pressure for an inquiry into one of the most violent clashes of the miners’ strike 39 years ago. Police confronted pickets outside a coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire, on ...

17 Jun 2023 at 07:15

New report on Battle of Orgreave handed to Government

A new report on the case for an inquiry into the most violent day of the miners’ strike 40 years ago has been handed in to the Government and major political parties. Campaigners say the report contains new information on policing of the ...

18 Jun 2024 at 14:53

Police’s disposal of miners’ strike documents ‘deeply worrying’ – Lucy Powell

Northumbria Police’s decision to dispose of documents relating to the miners’ strike is “deeply worrying”, the Commons Leader has said. Information related to the so-called Battle of Orgreave is said to be among the two boxes which were ...

26 Jun 2025 at 13:58

Orgreave miners prioritised over grooming gang victims, Tories claim

The Government has been accused of prioritising the Orgreave miners over “the minors who suffered horrific exploitation at the hands of grooming gangs”. Shadow policing minister Matt Vickers told the Commons that “this Labour ...

22 Jul 2025 at 16:01

Miners arrested at Orgreave say their names can finally be cleared after inquiry

Former striking miners who were arrested during the violent confrontation at Orgreave in 1984 said their names could finally be cleared after the announcement of a public inquiry. The inquiry, expected to launch in the ...

21 Jul 2025 at 16:03

Inquiry into Orgreave violence during 1984 miners’ strike announced

A public inquiry into the violent confrontation at Orgreave during the 1984 miners’ strike will be established this year, the Government has announced. The inquiry, expected to launch in the autumn, will investigate ...

21 Jul 2025 at 00:01

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