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The Hillsborough Law and Ongoing Pressure on Keir Starmer
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The families of the 97 victims have never stopped fighting. Their current campaign centres on the Hillsborough Law — legislation that would impose a statutory duty of candour on police and all public officials, requiring them to tell the truth in investigations. The 2025 independent Office for Police Conduct report found again that no surviving officers would be prosecuted, citing their age and retirement. Families argued that those officers are old only because investigations took 14 years to complete. Meanwhile, Keir Starmer's Labour government promised to pass the Hillsborough Law but had not done so as of the episode's recording. Josh and Chuck note that MI5 is reportedly blocking progress, unwilling to be subject to a truth-telling obligation. The law, as Josh observes, would be revolutionary — and it is 'sad that you would need to make a law' requiring public officials to be honest.
The proposed Hillsborough Law would legally require police and all public officials to tell the truth during investigations, functioning as a kind of institutionalised duty of candour. Keir Starmer promised to pass it. It still hasn't been passed. One reported sticking point: MI5, whose entire operational model depends on secrecy and deception.
