Last autumn, Labour put right a historic wrong when we returned the Mineworkers Pension Scheme investment reserve to members.

This was fantastic news, and I was pleased for the 1,622 MPS members in Blaenau Gwent & Rhymney who would benefit from a pension uplift. Men like my uncle Dessie in Tredegar.

But I was also aware that the MPS wasn’t the only pension scheme in the mining industry. There was also the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme (BCSSS), which included pit staff like supervisors, engineers, administrative staff and canteen workers. Men like my uncle Jacky, a deputy at Cwm Marine pit and........

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