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BETRAYED: Bishop James Jones reading the report to family members of Hillsborough victims
Political reporter
MINISTERS were accused of betraying bereaved families of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster yesterday by refusing to introduce a new law to prevent future police cover-ups.
Responding after a six-year delay to Bishop James Jones’s report into the tragedy, the government confirmed it would not introduce the “Hillsborough law” sought by families of the 97 Liverpool football fans killed at the stadium.
Corbyn and Sultana commit to launching new socialist party
If Labour MPs who rebelled over the welfare reforms expected to be listened to, they shouldn’t have underestimated the vindictiveness of the Starmer regime. But a new left party that might rehome them is yet to be established, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Starmer doubles down on witch hunt by suspending the whip from Diane Abbott
