Liverpool mayor hails 'Scouse mums' for Hillsborough Law fight
The Liverpool City Region mayor has praised the families of Hillsborough disaster victims for their successful campaign to pass the Hillsborough Law. This new legislation mandates that public officials must tell the truth during inquiries and investigations.
Why it matters
The law represents a significant shift in legal accountability for public servants, directly resulting from decades of advocacy by victims' families.
Image source, BBC/Claire Hamilton Image caption, Margaret Aspinall, whose son James died at Hillsborough, and Charlotte Hennessy whose Dad Jimmy was killed, have long campaigned for the legislation
The mayor of Liverpool City Region has paid tribute to "unsung heroes" and "Scouse mums" for driving forward a Hillsborough Law.
Steve Rotheram echoed a speech given by the late Everton chairman Bill Kenwright in 2013 in which he addressed the families of those who died in the 1989 disaster.
Kenwright said: "I saw your banner saying, 'You've taken on the wrong city', well you've taken on the wrong mums too, because we all know about Liverpool mums and the way they fight for their kids and their families."
Rotheram said that phrase rang true 13 years later, after Hillsborough Law, formally known as the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, was approved by MPs.
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