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UK Government to Propose 70 Million GBP for Asbestos Cancer Sufferers

January 26, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ The UK government will present trade unions with a 70 million GBP package of programs to help workers who suffer from asbestos-related diseases.

In addition to providing funding for a research center and more money for mesothelioma sufferers, the government will call on insurers to fund dying patients who are no longer covered by their employers' insurance.

However, the proposal, which needs to be agreed upon by trade unions, will not overturn a 2007 ruling that disqualifies from such compensation those who suffer from pleural plaques. The construction union UCATT has already come out against the package, calling the proposals "morally indefensible."

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