Demand for full disclosure of government Hillsborough disaster documents

More than 20 years on, calls for the government to release documents about the 1989 Hillsborough Stadium tragedy will be debated in the House of Commons today.

An e-petition triggered the debate after getting more than 100,000 signatures.

Relatives of the victims of the disaster want to get to the bottom of whether there was a cover-up over the role of South Yorkshire Police.

They want full disclosure of all the documents relating to the incident including a briefing the police gave to then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

96 Liverpool fans died after a crush at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium during a game in 1989.

Home Secretary Theresa May is expected to reiterate the government's "commitment to full transparency" through "full public disclosure."

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