UK government to announce decision on public inquiry into Pat Finucane murder

The Government is to make a statement on whether a public inquiry is to be held into the murder of Pat Finucane (PA Media)

The UK government is set to make a statement later in relation to whether a public inquiry will be ordered into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane.

Mr Finucane, 39, was shot dead in his family home in north Belfast in February 1989 by the Ulster Defence Association in an attack found by a series of probes to have involved collusion with the state.