Hillsborough law to be further delayed

The Hillsborough Law - which the government intended to pass a year ago - will be further delayed, the BBC understands. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had promised to pass the legislation by 15 April 2025, to mark the 36th anniversary of the disaster. But the new law, which would create a legal obligation for public authorities to co-operate with and tell the truth to inquiries, will not be passed by the end of the current session of parliament in May. The BBC has been told ministers are committed to carrying it over to the next parliamentary session and campaigners hope it will finally be passed in the autumn. Labour MPs who have campaigned on this now acknowledge that the law will be delayed until the new session of parliament but are pressing for a specific timetable from government. Ministers are reluctant to be too specific, given previously missed "deadlines". The BBC understands representatives from the Hillsborough Law campaign's legal team will be in parliament next week in an attempt to unblock the legal log jam and galvanise support. The Hillsborough Law would create a "duty of candour" for public authorities. It refers to the football stadium in Sheffield where a deadl