The release of the Manchester Arena Inquiry's second report has been delayed until early November. Inquiry chairman Sir John Saunders' second dossier focusing on the response of the emergency services to the 2017 terror attack was expected later in the summer, but it has now been pushed back.
Bereaved families have been notified of the development, confirmed the inquiry's legal team. They blamed the delay on the sheer volume of correspondence involved and the scale of the report in total.
Parties warned they would be criticised in the report have also been given a chance to respond. In a statement today, the inquiry said: "As a result of the volume of correspondence - in particular the number of 'warnings of criticisms' and the very detailed responses - all of which must be considered; the publication of Volume Two of the Manchester Arena Inquiry report will now be in early November.
