DAVID Skelton, the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for North Durham, talks of needing quicker action to help ex-miners recover the money deducted from their compensation claims (HAS, Sept 21).
If it had been left up to his Conservative Party, it is highly unlikely any of the miners would have received any compensation in the first place.
In fact, it is in no small part thanks to the hard work and determination of the current North Durham MP, Kevan Jones, that so many ex-miners in the constituency have already had the deductions from their claims recovered from unscrupulous solicitors and other claims handlers.
John Dobson, Chester-le-Street.
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