Bid to reintroduce original draft of Hillsborough Law blocked

In a statement issued on social media, Byrne called on Starmer “to keep his word and support the bill for the 97, for all victims of institutional failure, for truth and justice”.

He made the comments after an attempted second reading of the bill was blocked by a government whip on Friday.

Byrne tabled the original bill on 2 July, and told Starmer he risked “yet another betrayal of Hillsborough families and survivors” if the government did not support the legislation.

In 2016, after a 27-year campaign by victims’ families, an inquest jury ruled fans were not to blame for the disaster and that those who died had been unlawfully killed.

The original Hillsborough Law, first presented in 2017, included a legal responsibility for public servants to tell the truth after state-related disasters.

Legal funding would also be provided for those affected by them.

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