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The government should not cut the levy on insurance companies introduced to meet the cost of otherwise uncompensated cases of the asbestos cancer mesothelioma, the TUC has said.

The union body was commenting on a government announcement that the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Levy for 2015/16 will be reduced to £23.2m from £32m in 2014/2015.

News of the reduction came in a 12 January written statement from safety minister Justin Tomlinson, who said the system was “in line with the commitment by the insurance industry to fund a scheme of last resort for sufferers of diffuse mesothelioma who have been unable to trace their employer or their employer’s insurer”, which had run at a surplus last year.

Commenting on the funding cut, TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady said: “We are very disappointed that the mesothelioma levy is being reduced. Asbestos is the UK’s biggest workplace killer. Around 5,000 people die each year from mesothelioma and asbestos related lung cancer – 13 people for every day of the year. The government should maintain the levy at last year’s level and use any surplus to extend the compensation scheme to all victims of asbestos or for research into treatment.”

The government indicated in November 2015 it would not support an additional levy to finance research in asbestos disease treatments.

Bonnar Accident Law fights to get victims of asbestos related health problems fair compensation in Scotland.