“The Hillsborough Law will place a legal duty of candour on public authorities and officials, requiring them to tell the truth and co-operate fully with investigations and inquiries”
For the Hillsborough families, their law has been paid for through 37 years of grief, lies and official failure.
Ninety-seven Liverpool supporters lost their lives after the 1989 disaster, then their loved ones were forced to fight institutions that closed ranks, shifted blame and denied the truth.
The Hillsborough Law will place a legal duty of candour on public authorities and officials, requiring them to tell the truth and co-operate fully with investigations and inquiries. It will also help ensure that bereaved families are not left facing the state’s vast resources alone.
That matters far beyond Hillsborough. From infected blood to the Post Office scandal, Britain has seen too many cases where ordinary people were failed, then forced to battle cover-ups. The families’ determination has brought the country to this moment.
As Hillsborough Family Support Group chair Margaret Aspinall said: “The truth costs nothing.”
Those words should now become the guiding principle of public life.
‘Governing Britain is never easy’
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is right about one thing. Governing Britain is never easy.
Every Prime Minister inherits crises they did not expect, and more will arrive before the job is done.
As Andy Burnham prepares to enter Downing Street, he will quickly discover that good intentions alone are not enough. He will need resilience, discipline and a clear plan to improve living standards for families who have waited too long for relief.
The cost of housing, energy, transport and other essentials remains a daily struggle for millions. Those problems cannot be solved overnight, but they cannot be ignored either.
Voters have placed their trust in Labour. They expect action, not excuses. The challenges are immense, but so is the opportunity for Mr Burnham to change Britain for the better.
Now things get Messi…
Football is now rowing home for Norway, while England marches on to face Argentina.
The rivalry carries the scars of Maradona’s Hand of God in 1986 and David Beckham’s red card in 1998.
Tuchel admits England got lucky against Norway. Against Argentina on Wednesday, they must make their own fortune.
