Mineworkers' Pension Scheme: Rejection a 'slap in the face'

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image captionTens of thousands of ex-miners draw money from the pension fund
Calls for the government to give £1.2bn of pension funds to ex-miners have been rejected, in what has been described as a "slap in the face".
Currently the government gets half of any surplus from the miners' scheme, a deal that has made it £4.4bn so far.
A former Nottinghamshire miner said he was "devastated" by the decision.
'Take it or leave it'
The pension scheme affects tens of thousands of families across the East Midlands, Yorkshire, the North East and Wales.
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said the move would have given a £14 increase to the average weekly pension of £84.

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