THE government faced fresh demands today for an independent review of unreleased police files related to the attack on striking miners at Orgreave in 1984.

The Commons home affairs select committee has discovered that South Yorkshire Police have identified almost 800 files related to the so-called Battle of Orgreave, committee chair Yvette Cooper told Home Secretary Amber Rudd in a letter.

Campaigners welcomed the committee’s hard work, but called for the release of all files relating to Orgreave, whether held by South Yorkshire or other forces.