Whitehall sources said the home secretary is ready to press ahead with an inquiry into ­allegations that police orchestrated­ the violence at Orgreave Press AssociationThe prospect of an official inquiry into allegations of police wrongdoing at the Battle of Orgreave has prompted an unlikely alliance of critics ranging from Lord Tebbit to Cherie Blair. While campaigners welcomed news that Amber Rudd, the home secretary, is preparing to agree to their request for an investigation into the most bitter clash of the 1984 miners’ strike, others urged her to reconsider. Lord Tebbit said that an official inquiry into the policing of the strike would “give credence” to “Arthur Scargill and his thugs”. Mrs Blair, wife of the former Labour prime minister, said that it would…

Source: The Times September 15, 2016 23:00 UTC