Priti Patel meets Birmingham pub bombings families to discuss Troubles statue of limitations plans

File photo dated 22/11/74 of a mass of rubble, the remnants of the Mulberry Bush pub in Birmingham, one of the two pubs in Birmingham where bombs exploded. The inquest into the Birmingham pub bombings opens at Birmingham Civil Justice Centre today.

The UK's Home Secretary entered into discussions with the families of Birmingham pub bombings victims after the Government was urged to explain why it wants to “close the book” on the case.

Priti Patel arrived at the West Midlands Combined Authority offices in the city on Wednesday to discuss the 1974 blasts which killed 21 people.