"Lord Prescott is at the centre of a £75million legal case over allegations that he tried to undermine coal miners’ compensation claims – because he feared Labour could lose union donations. Court papers seen by The Mail on Sunday allege the former deputy prime minister colluded with a major law firm to put pressure on an insurance company to refuse to underwrite the miners’ legal bills – forcing them to drop their action."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2496415/John-Prescott-tried-undermine-compensation-claims-coal-miners-feared-Labour-lose-donations.html
I think we need to get in touch with the claimants.