Midlothian MP Owen Thompson said Thatcher’s 'war on coalfield communities' is still causing havoc across the country
An SNP MP has said that "Margaret Thatcher’s cold dead hands" continue to strangle Scotland's former coalfield communities after a report showed that the areas are lagging behind the rest of the country.
Former Tory Prime Minister Thatcher closed dozens of coal mines during her time in power and went to war with the the National Union of Miners during the 1984-85 miners strike. Her policies left thousands of workers unemployed for years. “Levelling up is a great phrase but it doesn’t ring true in Midlothian and the other former coal mining areas of Scotland that have been left to wither.”
In the former coalfield areas, wages are below average, job growth lags behind big cities and there are large numbers of people out of the labour market on incapacity benefits.
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