Full disclosure on Hillsborough promised

BRITISH Home Secretary Theresa May last night insisted the government was committed to disclosing the full facts surrounding the 1989 Hillsborough stadium football disaster.

Addressing a sombre House of Commons, May said she was “sorry” for the anxiety caused to the victims of the families by the way the government responded to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request seeking the release of official papers. She said all government documents — including cabinet minutes — had now been handed over to the independent panel set up by the former Labour government to review the papers for public release.

Once the panel had completed its work, all documents would be made public, she said, with only “minimal redactions” covering details such as the names of junior officials and private information relating to the victims.