Bid for release of files

Secret files that could contain information about the Orgreave clash between striking miners and police should be examined to assess whether they can be made public, an influential Commons committee has said.

A series of intelligence reports and other files relating to the miners’s strike, previously held by the now-defunct Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), are categorised as containing “personal sensitive information” and closed until 2066.

Home affairs select committee chairwoman Yvette Cooper has written to Home Secretary Amber Rudd asking her to set up a review of the files to see whether they can be released, with redactions if necessary.

She said there could be “no more secrets or cover-ups” about what happened.