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MPs speak out over asbestos payout curbs
Ministers in 'secret deal' with insurance giants
Labour MPs accused ministers yesterday of meekly allowing giant insurance companies to water down a compensation scheme for workers suffering from deadly asbestos-related mesothelioma.
Leading trade unionists Ian Lavery MP and Jim Sheridan MP pledged to fight for improvements to the scheme during a Commons debate on Monday night.
Mr Lavery alleged that the deal cooked up between the government and their company friends had saved the big insurers £1 billion.
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