The government has confirmed a new professional and legal "duty of candour" will be part of the bill, meaning public ...

The Hillsborough Law, legislation to prevent cover-ups from authorities during major disasters and support bereaved families ...

The government said the new legislation will ‘end the culture of cover-ups’ but have been warned not to water it down ...

It has taken decades of long, hard campaigning by the bereaved families of the Hillsborough victims to get to this point. | ...

A new bill being backed by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer would make it illegal for public officials to lie to the media.

The long-awaited Law will contain a legal duty of candour "with criminal sanctions for those who do not comply", the ...

Campaigners have backed the Prime Minister’s belated Hillsborough Law, which will require public officials to be honest and transparent or potentially face criminal prosecution.

Decades earlier, at Hillsborough in 1989, ninety-six people went to a football match and never returned. Their families spent ...

It will look at why the security service gave false evidence to three courts about conversations with BBC News.

A new 'Hillsborough law' bill will force public bodies to tell the truth during investigations into major disasters.

Bill, known as the Hillsborough Law, to Parliament on Tuesday. The legislation aims to end a "culture of cover-ups" and ensure public officials act with honesty and integrity, drawing lessons from ...