Get the biggest politics stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailSick miners left “crying in pain” by crippling lung disease today welcomed Labour’s pledge to help them. The party announced it will expand lung health checks in or near mining communities and set up specialist lung clinics for retired miners. He told the Mirror: “I could cry and I’m so glad Labour are going to help us. (Image: Andy Commins/Daily Mirror)Mr Ashworth travelled to Treeton, South Yorks, to meet the former miners and reveal the party’s plan. The devastating condition has left miners unable to walk with their lungs choked up from coal dust.

Source: Daily Mirror November 27, 2019 00:00 UTC