{"id":144500,"date":"2023-12-06T17:35:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/?p=144500"},"modified":"2023-12-06T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:35:30","slug":"government-signs-hillsborough-charter-vowing-never-to-repeat-injustices-suffered-by-families-but-stops-short-of-law-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprojectsworld.com\/world-news\/government-signs-hillsborough-charter-vowing-never-to-repeat-injustices-suffered-by-families-but-stops-short-of-law-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Government signs Hillsborough Charter vowing never to repeat injustices suffered by families \u2013 but stops short of law | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
THE government has signed a Hillsborough Charter vowing never to repeat the injustices suffered by the victims' families \u2013 but it stopped short of fully committing to<\/strong> a law.<\/p>\n
A report by the Rt Rev James Jones, former bishop of\u00a0Liverpool, into the experiences of the\u00a0Hillsborough families\u00a0was published in 2017 and made 25 recommendations, 11 of them involving policing.<\/p>\n
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It followed inquests into the deaths at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield – where 97 Liverpool FC fans died.<\/p>\n
In a response published on Wednesday, the government said it had signed up to a Hillsborough Charter, pledging to place the public interest above its own reputation.<\/p>\n
But it said a "Hillsborough Law" incorporating a legal duty of candour was not necessary.<\/p>\n
In the foreword to the report, Home Secretary James Cleverly and Justice Secretary Alex Chalk acknowledged the response had taken "too long, compounding the agony of the Hillsborough families and survivors".<\/p>\n