The government has confirmed the funding package required to stabilize operations at Kellingley Colliery. We have successfully secured the future of the site and its workforce. We are now shifting our focus to monitoring the implementation phase to ensure these commitments are honored in full.
July 20, 2013
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Reached 250 supporters
June 7, 2013
June 5, 2013
We are approaching 250 signatures and need to hit this milestone before the scheduled briefing with government ministers. Please ensure your contact details are current so we can include your name on the formal document delivery to UK Coal.
June 5, 2013
I am currently organizing the document bundle to be hand-delivered to the UK Coal representatives. We are finalizing a formal request for a meeting to discuss the immediate financial stability of the Kellingley site.
June 2, 2013
The petition reached 100 signatures this morning. I am compiling these names into a formal document to present to UK Coal leadership during our upcoming meeting.
Reached 100 supporters
May 30, 2013
8 Comments
If this pit shuts, it wont just be the 700 miners and the local community that suffers. The whole country will pay the price for this unnecessary closure. Will the people in charge please see sense.
I cannot believe the government they want to shut the last remaining pits, what about Britain's industry they have got rid of steel now coal, once they have shut the pits what's to say that the countries we import from turn Round and put the price of coal up and it will be to late to say we're not paying because we won't have a choice and if they shut the pits I hope the other countries do put the price up!! It is outrageous we can give millions away to countries but can't give our British industry 60million, after they have taken 700 million out of miners pensions, seriously what us Britain coming too.
Keep it open. We need that coal and we need the jobs for the lads in the area. Seems like the govt just wants to kill off the north completely.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL. BANKS GET BILLIONS BUT OUR OWN PEOPLE GET NOTHING. DONT LET THE LAST PIT DIE.
My dad worked down the pits for 30 years and i cant stand to see it all just end for nothing. Save our heritage.
Keep mining the British coal.
I work there, we must keep the coal industry open for everyone's future
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The government has confirmed the funding package required to stabilize operations at Kellingley Colliery. We have successfully secured the future of the site and its workforce. We are now shifting our focus to monitoring the implementation phase to ensure these commitments are honored in full.
July 20, 2013
Final supporters
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 7, 2013
June 5, 2013
We are approaching 250 signatures and need to hit this milestone before the scheduled briefing with government ministers. Please ensure your contact details are current so we can include your name on the formal document delivery to UK Coal.
June 5, 2013
I am currently organizing the document bundle to be hand-delivered to the UK Coal representatives. We are finalizing a formal request for a meeting to discuss the immediate financial stability of the Kellingley site.
June 2, 2013
The petition reached 100 signatures this morning. I am compiling these names into a formal document to present to UK Coal leadership during our upcoming meeting.
Reached 100 supporters
May 30, 2013
8 Comments
I have signed the petition as I believe coal has an important role in the future energy supply in Yorkshire. It would be madness to lose the jobs and skills from Kellingley given the potential that coal has. I wrote a piece on the Yorkshire First blog if you want to know more: http://www.yorkshirefirst.org.uk/opinion1/
If this pit shuts, it wont just be the 700 miners and the local community that suffers. The whole country will pay the price for this unnecessary closure. Will the people in charge please see sense.
I cannot believe the government they want to shut the last remaining pits, what about Britain's industry they have got rid of steel now coal, once they have shut the pits what's to say that the countries we import from turn Round and put the price of coal up and it will be to late to say we're not paying because we won't have a choice and if they shut the pits I hope the other countries do put the price up!! It is outrageous we can give millions away to countries but can't give our British industry 60million, after they have taken 700 million out of miners pensions, seriously what us Britain coming too.
Keep it open. We need that coal and we need the jobs for the lads in the area. Seems like the govt just wants to kill off the north completely.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL. BANKS GET BILLIONS BUT OUR OWN PEOPLE GET NOTHING. DONT LET THE LAST PIT DIE.
My dad worked down the pits for 30 years and i cant stand to see it all just end for nothing. Save our heritage.
Keep mining the British coal.
I work there, we must keep the coal industry open for everyone's future
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I have signed the petition as I believe coal has an important role in the future energy supply in Yorkshire. It would be madness to lose the jobs and skills from Kellingley given the potential that coal has. I wrote a piece on the Yorkshire First blog if you want to know more: http://www.yorkshirefirst.org.uk/opinion1/