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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Patrick Edrich

Suella Braverman's parliament snub shows 'failure of respect' to Hillsborough families

The home secretary Suella Braverman showed a "devastating failure of responsibility and respect" after failing to attend a Hillsborough parliamentary debate.

West Derby MP Ian Byrne asked an Urgent Question in the Houses of Commons in response to yesterday's police apology for their role in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. Leaders from the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs' Council responded to Right Reverend Bishop James Jones' 2017 Hillsborough Families Report by apologising for "police failures".

Chief Constable Andy Marsh, College of Policing CEO, and Martin Hewitt, National Police Chiefs' Council Chair (NPCC), said: "Ninety-seven men, women and children were unlawfully killed. Police failures were the main cause of the tragedy and police failures have continued to blight the lives of family members ever since."

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