Post navigation Alert – Scabs, k**bsticks and Arthur Scargill locking horns with Maggie Thatcher: Bitter year-long Miners’ Strike began 40 years ago today when officials revealed plans to close 20 pits and cut 20,000 jobs Alert – Birmingham residents face £380 hike in Band D council tax as city’s ‘bankrupt’ town hall votes on new budget today after Nottingham confirmed huge crackdown… with fears moves to slash bin collections and dim streetlights will sweep across the country