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Hillsborough victims failed by the state, says PM
The bill enforces a legal duty of candour on public officials, introducing criminal sanctions to prevent cover-ups following the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, affecting public bodies UK-wide.
- This year, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer introduced the Public Office Bill, and MPs granted it a second reading, moving it to committee for further scrutiny.
- After decades of campaigning by Hillsborough families, they sought truth behind the deaths of 97 football fans and alleged institutional cover-ups compounded injustice.
- Expanding legal support, the Bill funds non-means tested inquest aid and cost coverage by public bodies, creates a new offence for misleading the public, and sets guidance for state conduct at inquests.
- The Bill will not apply retrospectively but will cover public and contracted private bodies across the UK, with Liverpool MPs Ian Byrne, Paula Barker and Maria Eagle urging ministers to maintain its commitments.
- This year, the promised timetable slipped as ministers and campaigners continued negotiations, with Paula Barker stating, `Speaking on behalf of Margaret Aspinall, who lost her son James in the disaster, Ms Barker said`.
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State failed Hillsborough victims and families, PM says as he brings in Bill
The Prime Minister says victims were failed to an ‘almost inhuman level’ as he introduces a law that will force a duty of candour after disasters.
·London, United Kingdom
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