A thoroughly enjoyable event held at the Macmillan room in Portcullis House today the 29th June 2017. Barry Sheerman MP presented the prizes. It was wonderful to attend this happy event. The standard of the entries was fantastic this year and the GDNs have increased the number of entries. Very well done!

See http://mailchi.mp/inquest/inquest-e-news-mayjune-2017?e=9aeb87ba65

Grenfell Tower: INQUEST’s role in ensuring truth, justice and accountability 

INQUEST are deeply shocked by the tragic fire at Grenfell tower and have seen first-hand the devastating impact on the affected communities. This has been exacerbated by the insensitive and inadequate response by both national and local Government.

There is rightly acute public concern about how this disaster will be investigated and we issued a statement to outline our view that a judicial public inquiry needed to be set up urgently. Inquests are limited in scope, do not allow for survivors (that are not themselves bereaved) or those with a wider interest an independent voice and cannot deal directly with the complex far reaching questions. For the inquiry to have the trust and confidence of survivors and bereaved they must be consulted with meaningfully on its terms of reference, to include the context, circumstances and aftermath of the tragedy.

Bereaved and survivors must have access to non-means tested public funding for legal representation on an equal footing to that of public authorities and private bodies. No stone must be left unturned, the truth about this tragedy exposed and those responsible brought to account.

We now have a dedicated section on our website here to support those directly affected.

LATEST NEWS ON HILLSBOROUGH:

The CPS today confirmed that six people, including two former senior police officers, have been charged with criminal offences over the deaths of 96 people at the Hillsborough disaster and the alleged police cover-up that followed.

We need the proposed @HillsboroughLaw enacted so families in future will not have to wait 28 years for news like todays #Hillsborough #JFT96