Leigh MP and Greater Manchester Mayoral Candidate Andy Burnham has announced that he will be presenting a bill to Parliament intended to help grieving families with legal costs when going through inquests.
The so called Hillsborough Law, would also require public bodies to be fully accountable.
Burnham, who was a vociferous campaigner for the victims of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, has met with representatives of organisation including the Hillsborough Family Support Group and the Orgreave Truth And Justice Campaign as well as relatives of victims of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings.
He said he wanted the Hillsborough inquests to mark ” a fundamental rebalancing of the scales in favour of ordinary families” but “I don’t think that’s happened”.
“I think the system has gone back to the bad old ways. I would cite in support of that the decision to refuse an inquiry into what happened in Orgreave, I would also cite in support of that the treatment of those who lost loved ones in the Birmingham pub bombings.”
