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(From Newsletter)
TENSIONS within Edward Heath's Tory government over how to deal with the miners' industrial action which finally brought his downfall are exposed today.
1973 saw the announcement of the three-day week and plans drawn up for petrol rationing as Ministers grappled with the twin threats of the miners' overtime ban and the oil crisis as the Arab states slashed production. When the NUM announced an overtime ban in support of a 35 per cent pay claim, Heath's strike-hit Government was forced to declare its ...