Nigel Farage turned down taxpayer-funded security including bodyguard, car and driver last year – UK politics live

<p>The head of Reform UK refused the security, which was a similar level to that received by the leader of the opposition, because he considered it inadequate</p><p><strong>Andy Burnham</strong> describes the Hillsborough tragedy, the police cover-up and smear campaign against fans that happened afterwards, and the long campaign by survivors, relatives and Liverpudlians for justice that has been running ever since as the story that has done most to shape his political outlook. As a young culture secretary, he gave <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/apr/16/hillsborough-tragedy-andy-burnham-liverpool-full-disclosure-documents">a speech</a> at the Hillsborough 20th anniversary memorial in 2009 which was instrumental in persuading him that the government had to redouble its efforts to ensure the full truth came out.</p><p>Today he is expected to give his first speech in the Commons since his election as MP for Makerfield in the debate on the Hillsborough law bill.</p><p>The truth on its own is not enough. Without accountability, there can be no justice. That is why I introduced the first Hillsborough Law almost ten years ago, supported by Keir Starmer, as one of my final acts in parliament. Its return this week is another major step towards ensuring no family has to endure what the Hillsborough families have endured.</p><p>Yet this is about more than Hillsborough alone.</p><p>On 15 April 2009, I stood on the Kop before the memorial service. One word echoed around <strong><a href="https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/all-about/anfield">Anfield</a></strong>: “Justice.”</p><p>That moment changed me. It forced me to confront uncomfortable questions about how power operates in our country, and why an entire city could spend twenty years telling the truth only to be ignored.</p> <a href="https://www.theguard