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Former Welsh mineworkers are urging the UK government to release £2.3bn in reserves from their pension scheme so it can be paid out.

Tens of thousands more former mineworkers could be set to benefit after the government announced it would review a controversial pension scheme.

The chancellor has scrapped a controversial deal that saw the government receive billions of pounds from a pension scheme for mineworkers.

It comes alongside a review to ensure mineworkers receive what Labour called a "fair pension".

More than £420m from a pension scheme for mineworkers has flowed into the government's coffers in the past three years, the BBC can reveal.