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| Hillsborough Law will include duty of candour on public officials | Hillsborough Law will include duty of candour on public officials |
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| The Hillsborough Law seeks to force public bodies to cooperate with investigations into major disasters | The Hillsborough Law seeks to force public bodies to cooperate with investigations into major disasters |
| A long-awaited "Hillsborough Law" bill will force public officials to tell the truth during investigations into major disasters. | A long-awaited "Hillsborough Law" bill will force public officials to tell the truth during investigations into major disasters. |
| The news has been welcomed by campaigners, who had feared the legislation was going to be watered down. | The news has been welcomed by campaigners, who had feared the legislation was going to be watered down. |
| The landmark Public Office (Accountability) Bill will force public bodies to cooperate with investigations into major disasters or potentially face criminal sanctions, as well as provide legal funding to those affected by state-related disasters. | The landmark Public Office (Accountability) Bill will force public bodies to cooperate with investigations into major disasters or potentially face criminal sanctions, as well as provide legal funding to those affected by state-related disasters. |
| Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had previously pledged to bring in the law by the 36th anniversary of the tragedy, but Downing Street then said more time was needed to redraft it. | Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had previously pledged to bring in the law by the 36th anniversary of the tragedy, but Downing Street then said more time was needed to redraft it. |
| Sir Keir Starmer had promised the law by the 36th anniversary of the disaster, which was on 15 April this year | Sir Keir Starmer had promised the law by the 36th anniversary of the disaster, which was on 15 April this year |
| The bill will be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday to begin its journey towards becoming law. | The bill will be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday to begin its journey towards becoming law. |
| The government has confirmed a new professional and legal "duty of candour" will be part of the bill, meaning public officials would have to act with honesty and integrity at all times and would face criminal sanctions if they breached it. | The government has confirmed a new professional and legal "duty of candour" will be part of the bill, meaning public officials would have to act with honesty and integrity at all times and would face criminal sanctions if they breached it. |
| Margaret Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son James died at Hillsborough, said she was hopeful the new law "will mean no-one will ever have to suffer like we did". | Margaret Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son James died at Hillsborough, said she was hopeful the new law "will mean no-one will ever have to suffer like we did". |
| Hillsborough Law - what is it and how did we get here? | |
| The disaster, during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at the football ground in Sheffield on 15 April 1989, led to the deaths of 97 football fans. | The disaster, during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at the football ground in Sheffield on 15 April 1989, led to the deaths of 97 football fans. |
| The government said the new legislation would "end the culture of cover-ups" and learn lessons from wider disasters including the Grenfell Tower fire and the Post Office Horizon and infected blood scandals. | The government said the new legislation would "end the culture of cover-ups" and learn lessons from wider disasters including the Grenfell Tower fire and the Post Office Horizon and infected blood scandals. |
| Ms Aspinall said: "It's been a long journey to get here. I am so grateful to the prime minister for fulfilling his promise to me." | Ms Aspinall said: "It's been a long journey to get here. I am so grateful to the prime minister for fulfilling his promise to me." |
| Margaret Aspinall said she hoped "no-one will ever have to suffer like we did" | Margaret Aspinall said she hoped "no-one will ever have to suffer like we did" |
| Sir Keir praised Ms Aspinall's "courage" and "the strength of all the Hillsborough families and survivors" in their long campaign for justice. | Sir Keir praised Ms Aspinall's "courage" and "the strength of all the Hillsborough families and survivors" in their long campaign for justice. |
| He said the new legislation would change "the balance of power in Britain" to ensure the state could "never hide from the people it is supposed to serve". | He said the new legislation would change "the balance of power in Britain" to ensure the state could "never hide from the people it is supposed to serve". |
| "Make no mistake, this a law for the 97, but it is also a law for the subpostmasters who suffered because of the Horizon scandal, the victims of infected blood, and those who died in the terrible Grenfell Tower fire," he said. | "Make no mistake, this a law for the 97, but it is also a law for the subpostmasters who suffered because of the Horizon scandal, the victims of infected blood, and those who died in the terrible Grenfell Tower fire," he said. |
| Charlotte Hennessy, whose 29-year-old father Jimmy died at Hillsborough, said the campaign for the law had been "really tough". | Charlotte Hennessy, whose 29-year-old father Jimmy died at Hillsborough, said the campaign for the law had been "really tough". |
| "It has taken a lot of negotiation, blood, sweat and tears, late nights, meetings after meetings, reading a draft and saying 'no'," she said. | "It has taken a lot of negotiation, blood, sweat and tears, late nights, meetings after meetings, reading a draft and saying 'no'," she said. |
| "The duty of candour was the biggest barrier we had - it's important to note current laws such as perjury only apply to criminal cases." | "The duty of candour was the biggest barrier we had - it's important to note current laws such as perjury only apply to criminal cases." |
| Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, Justice Minister Alex Davies-Jones and Attorney General Lord Richard Hermer joined Hillsborough campaigners and families to lay wreaths at the Hillsborough memorial at Anfield on Monday | Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, Justice Minister Alex Davies-Jones and Attorney General Lord Richard Hermer joined Hillsborough campaigners and families to lay wreaths at the Hillsborough memorial at Anfield on Monday |
| Ms Hennessy said her family only became aware of exactly what happened to her father - a plasterer from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire - after the Hillsborough Independent Panel report. | Ms Hennessy said her family only became aware of exactly what happened to her father - a plasterer from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire - after the Hillsborough Independent Panel report. |
| "I didn't know the truth of what happened to my dad until 25 years later. When people say 'are they still going on about it?' - I've only known the truth for 13 of the last 36 years." | "I didn't know the truth of what happened to my dad until 25 years later. When people say 'are they still going on about it?' - I've only known the truth for 13 of the last 36 years." |
| One of the bill's architects, Elkan Abrahamson of law firm Broudie Jackson Canter, said there was still some way to go before it became law. | One of the bill's architects, Elkan Abrahamson of law firm Broudie Jackson Canter, said there was still some way to go before it became law. |
| "We will now scrutinise the bill as it makes its passage through parliament, so we're not quite there yet," he said. | "We will now scrutinise the bill as it makes its passage through parliament, so we're not quite there yet," he said. |
| "But today is still a momentous step, owed entirely to the persistence of campaigners and their refusal to give up. | "But today is still a momentous step, owed entirely to the persistence of campaigners and their refusal to give up. |
| "The Hillsborough Law will transform the face of British justice." | "The Hillsborough Law will transform the face of British justice." |
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