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Editorial
Canaries in the Coalmine
It was one of the defining symbols of the industrial era and the tenuous nature of working life the bird in the cage whose expiration was a miner's early warning that things were not OK.

One hundred and fifty years later miners are still dying - an industry worth billions each year still failing to secure safe methods of extracting coal.

But beyond the Beaconsfield tragedy, morbidly coinciding with the international day of remembrance for workplace dead, is a growing pushby the business lobby to wind back safety laws.

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