Starmer to Introduce ‘Hillsborough Law’ Requiring Duty of Candour From Public Bodies

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will introduce a “Hillsborough law” before the next anniversary of the 1989 football stadium tragedy where 97 Liverpool fans were killed in a terrace crush. In his first conference speech as prime minister, Starmer said that the law would create a legal duty of candour on public bodies to cooperate with investigators into major disasters or national scandals, such as Grenfell and the infected flood scandal, or face criminal sanctions. He told the audience at the ACC Liverpool events centre on Tuesday: “For many people in this city the speech they may remember was the one here two years ago. Because that’s when I promised, on this stage, that if I ever had the privilege to serve our country as prime minister one of my first acts would be to bring in a Hillsborough law—a duty of candour.”...