People in Northern Ireland suffering from the asbestos-related lung condition pleural plaques will be able to seek compensation from next week due to new legislation.

The UK Supreme Court is due to deliver its ruling on the right of Scots with pleural plaques to claim compensation.

MORE than a thousand asbestos victims are being denied compensation by a challenge to the Supreme Court by insurers.

After lobbying from John Denham the coalition government confirm continuation of Labour's pleural plaques payments. Southampton Itchen MP has been successful in his campaign for justice for asbestos victims as the new Justice Minister confirms to him that the new government will not over-turn a scheme of compensation for pleural plaques announced by the Labour Government earlier this year. Th...

After many years of campaigning, Southampton’s Labour MPs John Denham and Alan Whitehead have welcomed a multi-million pound package of vital help the Labour Government is extending to individuals whose health has been put at risk due to exposure to asbestos. This is particularly good news for Southampton due to the high-number of people exposed to asbestos through the maritime industry. Thi...

I've just had an email from Unions Together about their campaign on Pleural Plaques. Pleural Plaques are scarring of the lungs caused by heavy and prolonged exposure to asbestos. Until a few years ago, sufferers of the disease were able to claim compensation. In October 2007, the Law Lords scrapped this – meaning that thousands of people with Pleural Plaques would not be entitled to any compensa...

Tradesmen across Scotland are being targeted by a new national campaign warning them to beware of asbestos.

Considering the legal rulings today over the performance of Corby Borough Council - NB NOT British Steel - judged to have failed to responsibly supervise remediation of a large industrial site, I am left wondering where this could leave Rochdale MBC. Over the enormously slapdash effort to date, and the Turner Brothers Asbestos/Turner and Newall Works at Spodden Valley STILL NOT properly remediated...

A council was fined £10,000 over an incident which saw six families evacuated from their homes and their belongings destroyed because of asbestos contamination.

Southampton Itchen Labour MP John Denham will be in Mayflower Park, Southampton on Saturday 4 July to greet an asbestos awareness team of cyclists when they complete the final leg of their journey from Glasgow. The 1200 mile journey started on 20 June and is due to arrive in Southampton on 4 July. On the way, the three cyclists will have visited many of the towns across the UK most affected by the...