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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Jessica Coates and David Lynch

Hillsborough Law set to be approved as campaigner expresses delight after decades of fighting for justice

Aspinall with Keir Starmer at the Labour Party Conference in September 2025 - (Getty)

A campaigner whose son died in the Hillsborough disaster has expressed immense joy as a proposed law aimed at enhancing accountability in public office is expected to clear the House of Commons this week.

Margaret Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son James was among the 97 Liverpool fans killed in the 1989 tragedy, told the Daily Mirror she was "absolutely delighted, over the moon, absolutely made up".

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