Prime Minister confirms that a Hillsborough Law will be introduced

Sir Keir Starmer confirmed that a Hillsborough law requiring a duty of candour on public officials would be introduced to Parliament before the next anniversary of the disaster, condemning “the countless injustices over the years suffered by working people at the hands of those who are supposed to serve them”.

The Prime Minister told the Labour conference in Liverpool, that it was “also a law for the subpostmasters of the Horizon scandal, the victims of infected blood, Windrush, Grenfell Tower and all the countless injustices over the years suffered by working people at the hands of those who were supposed to serve them”.

“Truth and justice concealed behind closed ranks of the state, and conference, this is the meaning of clause one, because today I can confirm that the duty of candour will apply to public authorities and public servants, the Bill will include criminal sanctions and that the Hillsborough law will be introduced to Parliament before the next anniversary in April,” he said. Hear all the latest news from across the UK on the hour, every hour, on Greatest Hits Radio on DAB, smartspeaker, at greatesthitsradio.co.uk, and on the Rayo app.