The Guardian reports that ministers are planning to water down the "Hillsborough law" that Keir Starmer has repeatedly promised, which would impose a duty of candour on public bodies and officials:
Despite Starmer’s promises, families have been told that the government’s new draft is based more on public authorities signing up to a charter, without strong legal enforcement, and does not include the funding for legal representation. A government media briefing last week that said the draft law could have led to civil servants being prosecuted for telling a white lie about being late for work to bosses has prompted fury from families, as it has always been clear that criminal sanctions would be for police or public officials misleading the public.
If this is true, it's typical of the way that Labour operates in power. Promises of transparency evaporate.
Not to mention spinning nonsense in the media to justify it.
No irony there.
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