Across our work on state-related deaths, we see a stark inequality in funding and access to resources where powerful state or corporate interests are at stake. A culture of denial, delay and victim blaming is all too common, and bereaved families are left to fight at great personal cost to uncover the truth and accountability for their loved ones’ deaths. The lasting legacy of Hillsborough must be the public authority accountability bill (Hillsborough law), enforcing a duty of candour and equality of arms. This could help a move from defensiveness to transparency and change the legal landscape following contentious deaths, making it fairer, just and more equal. Click here to upload it and we’ll publish the best submissions in the letters spread of our print edition

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2019 16:41 UTC