{"id":189563,"date":"2023-12-06T22:48:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T22:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189563"},"modified":"2023-12-06T22:48:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T22:48:32","slug":"the-government-is-accused-of-betrayal-by-hillsborough-campaigners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/world-news\/the-government-is-accused-of-betrayal-by-hillsborough-campaigners\/","title":{"rendered":"The government is accused of &apos;betrayal&apos; by Hillsborough campaigners"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> The government is accused of &#8216;betrayal&#8217; by Hillsborough campaigners over its failure to introduce new legislation<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Legislation was recommended in report by the Bishop of Liverpool six years ago<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>READ MORE: Chiefs apologise for &#8216;profound failings&#8217; over Hillsborough disaster\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Campaigners have accused the Government of &#8216;betrayal&#8217; after ministers stopped short of introducing a &#8216;Hillsborough Law&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation was recommended in a report by the Bishop of Liverpool six years ago, after inquests into the deaths of 97 Liverpool football fans crushed at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield.<\/p>\n<p>The Right Rev James Jones called for the Government to give &#8216;full consideration&#8217; to a law introducing a legal duty of candour on public officials to tell the truth and co-operate with official inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>But finally responding yesterday, the Government said it had signed up to a Hillsborough Charter, pledging to place the public interest above its own reputation, but stopped short of legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It will also consult on extending legal aid so bereaved families have an &#8216;equality of arms&#8217; in legal representation during inquiries into public disasters, but no firm pledge has yet been made.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/06\/21\/78664651-12834461-image-a-33_1701899638749.jpg\" height=\"440\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Campaigners have accused the Government of &#8216;betrayal&#8217; after ministers stopped short of introducing a &#8216;Hillsborough Law&#8217;. Pictured: Thousands of flowers, wreaths and tributes are displayed after the 1989 disaster<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/06\/21\/78664705-12834461-image-m-36_1701899646714.jpg\" height=\"542\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Margaret Aspinall (pictured today), whose 18-year-old son James died at Hillsborough, said &#8216;it&#8217;s like giving a child a packet of crisps but when you open it there&#8217;s nothing in it&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/06\/21\/78664693-12834461-image-m-38_1701899688936.jpg\" height=\"403\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In April 1989, 97 football fans died. Victims were smashed against metal fences, trampled on or suffocated in the crush<\/p>\n<p>The Right Rev Jones said &#8216;significant changes&#8217; had been introduced in response to his report.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;Although the Government&#8217;s statement falls short of the hopes of the Hillsborough families it is a serious and substantial response.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Top minister &#8216;hid in a cupboard&#8217; to avoid meeting Hillsborough families, ex-PM Theresa May reveals<\/h3>\n<p>But the announcement left bereaved families angry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son James died at Hillsborough, said: &#8216;To me, it&#8217;s like giving a child a packet of crisps but when you open it there&#8217;s nothing in it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s as simple as that. To me, that definitely does not go far enough.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And the Hillsborough Survivors Association said: &#8216;We demand something really simple, that laws are put in place to ensure any repetition of the police lies over Hillsborough would result in criminal charges.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Elkan Abrahamson, solicitor at Broudie Jackson Canter and director of campaign group Hillsborough Law Now, said the announcement was a &#8216;meaningless code of conduct&#8217; for the police.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Coles, director of Inquest, a charity which helps bereaved families in cases of state failings, said: &#8216;The failure of the Government to extend the duty of candour to all public authorities and end the inequality of arms is a betrayal and insult to Hillsborough families.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Home Secretary James Cleverly and Justice Secretary Alex Chalk said they were &#8216;deeply sorry&#8217; the response had taken &#8216;too long&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/06\/21\/78664657-12834461-image-a-35_1701899645076.jpg\" height=\"451\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured last October: Deborah Coles, director of Inquest, a charity which helps bereaved families in cases of state failings<\/p>\n<p>Rishi Sunak also apologised for the &#8216;multiple injustices&#8217; suffered by families of the victims over the past 34 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Government&#8217;s response stated it was &#8216;not aware&#8217; of any gaps in legislation or clarifications needed that would further encourage a culture of candour among public servants in law.<\/p>\n<p>Inquests into the Hillsborough deaths concluded in 2016 and found that fans were unlawfully killed and errors by the police and ambulance service caused or contributed to their deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Match commander on the day, David Duckenfield, was charged with gross negligence manslaughter in 2017 but acquitted in 2019 at a retrial, after the jury in his first trial was unable to reach a verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12834461\/Hillsborough-disaster-campaigners-accuse-government-betrayal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government is accused of &#8216;betrayal&#8217; by Hillsborough campaigners over its failure to introduce new legislation Legislation was recommended in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The government is accused of &amp;apos;betrayal&amp;apos; 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