Overview
- The Prime Minister told MPs on Wednesday he will deliver a Hillsborough Law that makes public officials tell the truth in inquiries, saying the duty will apply to all public servants.
- Downing Street said the bill will return to Parliament soon, with talks continuing with bereaved families and intelligence agencies, but it set no firm timetable.
- The key dispute concerns the security services, with multiple reports indicating agency chiefs would need to ask a court to withhold sensitive material rather than use a blanket veto.
- Liverpool West Derby MP and Hillsborough survivor Ian Byrne pressed Keir Starmer at PMQs to rule out any carve-out and to pass a law he called “worthy of the name.”
- Pressure grew as the city marked 37 years since the disaster, with bereaved mother Jenni Hicks urging direct updates from the government and Liverpool manager Arne Slot calling passage of the law the best way to honour the 97.