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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Raphael Boyd

SHOCKING: Government pulls amendment to hillsborough law after backlash - What They Never Told You

Tributes to those killed in the Hillsborough disaster
The amendment was criticised as a watering-down of the legislation. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The government has pulled an amendment to its proposed Hillsborough law amid concerns from campaigners and MPs that the legislation was being watered down and had become a “car crash” for the government.

The public office (accountability) bill aims to force public officials and contractors to tell the truth after disasters.

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