MPs expected to approve long-delayed 'Hillsborough Law'

The UK Parliament is set to approve legislation imposing a legal duty on public authorities to cooperate with official investigations.

• The Public Office (Accountability) Bill, known as the Hillsborough Law, would require public officials to proactively cooperate with official inquiries.
• Final debate on the bill was abandoned in January after the government proposed exempting intelligence officers from the duty; ministers have since tabled new amendments.
• Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the legislation is a tribute to families who fought for justice after the 1989 Hillsborough disaster that claimed 97 lives.
• The government aims for the law to reach the statute book by April 2027, ahead of the next anniversary of the disaster.