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On Thursday, the National Archives released cabinet documents for 1988-89.
In January, newly released cabinet papers confirmed that, just as Scargill had warned at the time, there was indeed a secret hit list to close 75 collieries with the loss of 75,000 jobs when the strike began.
Margaret Thatcher was sent a warning notice by Westminster council that she risked having a penalty imposed for not returning her poll tax registration form for her Downing Street flat, newly released Cabinet files show.
The reason lies in the past with Margaret Thatcher's instincts laid bare in recently released cabinet office papers, revealing an aim in 1982 "to end the state provision of healthcare, so that medical facilities would be privately owned and run, and those seeking healthcare would be required to pay for it".
Newly released cabinet papers from 1984 reveal mineworkers' union leader Arthur Scargill may have been right to claim there was a "secret hit-list" of more than 70 pits marked for closure.
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Spurred by an online petition, MPs agreed last month to release cabinet documents related to the tragedy.
The commissioner, Richard Thomas, acting on a request made under the Freedom of Information Act, said his ruling was based on "the gravity and controversial nature" of Britain's decision to go to war and would not, as government officials have argued, set a "dangerous precedent" for releasing cabinet papers that have traditionally remained secret for 30 years.
The government is appealing against an order to release cabinet discussions from the aftermath of the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster.
The Japanese, for example, who are officially the world's oldest population, released a cabinet policy paper last week that argues that Japan "needs to realize a society where ageing people can participate in the labor market or in social activities... to boost its economic growth".
Steve Rotherham MP welcomed the Information Commissioner's ruling that it was in the public interest to release the cabinet records.
Later in the day, the state cabinet released a statement asking for calm.
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