A ‘Hillsborough Law’ will be implemented before the tragedy’s next anniversary.
Keir Starmer promised to enact the legislation that had been a key Labour election manifesto pledge at the party’s conference in Liverpool on Tuesday.
Relatives of the 97 Liverpool fans unlawfully killed in the 1989 tragedy have long campaigned for all pubic authorities to adhere to a legal duty of candour.
In his keynote speech at the city’s ACC, prime minister Starmer confirmed that he will introduce the new law in parliament before April 15 next year.
He said: “For many people in this city, the speech they may remember was the one here, two years ago.
“Because that was when I promised, on this stage, that if I ever had the privilege to serve our country as prime minister, one of my first acts would be to bring in a Hillsborough law – a duty of candour.
“A law for Liverpool. A law for the 97. A law that people should never have needed to fight so hard to get. But that will be delivered by this Labour government.”