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Further Calls for Hillsborough Law Amendment to Be Withdrawn by Government
The UK government plans to exempt MI5, MI6, and GCHQ from a new duty of candour law aimed at preventing cover-ups, raising concerns about intelligence oversight.
- On January 15, the BBC reported the UK government may exempt MI6, MI5, and GCHQ from the Hillsborough Law, letting agencies withhold information and `lie`, campaigners say.
- MPs had their debate delayed to Monday because the bill seeks to impose a duty of candour with criminal sanctions, allowing Prime Minister Keir Starmer to meet campaigners.
- Inquiries into the Manchester attack showed MI5 gave an inaccurate account and had prior intelligence on Salman Abedi, prompting Manchester Arena bombing families to demand MI5 be included in the law.
- Mayors said Liverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotheram and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham urged the Government to withdraw the amendment, but the meeting ended unresolved and ECHO understands the government will proceed Monday.
- Critics argue Prime Minister Keir Starmer's promised `balance of power` is undermined as Elkan Abrahamson warns amendments leave intelligence and security services' disclosures `unchallengeable`.
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Spy opt-out in Hillsborough Law amendment ‘too broad’, northern mayors warn
MPs had been due to debate the Hillsborough Law this week but the discussion was pushed back until Monday to allow the Government to propose changes.
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Government likely to exempt spies from new cover-up law
A new bill to hold authorities to account for cover-ups has stalled in parliament. And the government looks like its going to protect its own from scrutiny once again. The proposed Hillsborough law would see spy agencies and other state officials finally held accountable if they lie. Families of the 1989 Hillsborough football disaster victims and those whose loved ones were killed and wounded in the 2017 Manchester Arena Bombing have been angere…
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