Hillsborough families call for ‘all or nothing’ law as Labour expected to break pledge

Bereaved families from Hillsborough disaster have urged the government to guard against future cover-ups with a legally enforceable ‘duty of candour’ on public authorities. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA

Bereaved families have urged ministers to introduce the Hillsborough law in full, according to a new report, as Labour admitted that a promise to bring legislation to parliament by the 36th anniversary of the disaster would be broken.

The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, and the Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds attended the “family listening day” event on 3 February, which the Ministry of Justice funded, organised by the campaign group Inquest.