Misuse of NUM funds alleged

Title

Misuse of NUM funds alleged

Genre

News report

TX Date

5 Mar 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:55

Description

Nigel Dearing reports on claims by the Daily Mirror that the NUM received money from Libya during the miners’ strike and that it was misused by leader Arthur Scargill and NUM General Secretary Peter Heathfield.

Contributors

Nigel Dearing

Keywords

Trade unions; Daily Mirror; Arthur Scargill; NUM; Corruption; Coal miners; Libya; Coal Strike (1984-1985); Funds; Accounts; Peter Heathfield; Roger Windsor; Strikes (events)

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