RachelGorman published Thoresby colliery miners will keep fuel grant worth up to...

Thoresby colliery miners will keep their concessionary fuel grant after the pit closes later this year.Miners can choose free coal worth up to £1300 or up to £600 cash per year.Energy Minister Matthew Hancock said the government would ensure UK Coal workers got the allowance.According to the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), about 69,000 former miners or their families receive the allowance under the terms of the National Concessionary Fuel Scheme.It was set up in the 1980s and...