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AN INQUIRY into Orgreave must be launched “today” after the government was accused of deliberately misleading Parliament by stating that the police watchdog had advised that it would interfere with the Hillsborough probe.
The government said the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which investigated Orgreave, advised that a public inquiry into Orgreave would interfere with an investigation into the football stadium disaster in 1989, in which 96 Liverpool supporters died.
But an IPCC spokesman said: “The IPCC has not taken or offered any position on whether there should be a public inquiry into the events at Orgreave during the miners’ strike.
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The new PM’s opening addresses offered hope, council homes and reform — but little detail on how any of it will be delivered, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY