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103 months since 72 lives were taken at Grenfell.

This week the banners will move down the Tower for the final time before it disappears from the skyline, well before anyone might be held accountable.

Please keep Grenfell in your hearts,your minds,and your conversations💚

Hillsborough Law delayed as families head for crisis talks with Starmer Government pauses passage of historic bill as tensions grow over how it will affect security services

Bereaved families are heading to London for urgent talks with Keir Starmer as Hillsborough Law is delayed.

"The Prime Minister made me a promise to my face that he would not let this bill be watered down. It has to apply to all public servants & public officials."

- Charlotte Hennessy

Civil society groups condemn ‘dangerous’ plans for more anti-protest powers Dozens including TUC join force to oppose ‘wide-ranging’ move to increase police powers in England and Wales

We've joined over 40 other civil society groups including @pscupdates.bsky.social @amnestyuk.bsky.social & @tuc.org.uk to oppose dangerous government plans to increase police powers to ban protests.

We urge the government to immediately drop this draconian crackdown on our right to protest.

Families bereaved by the Manchester Arena bombing have written to the PM calling for MI5 to be fully included in the Hillsborough Law.

@debcoles13.bsky.social said: “The duty of candour must apply in full to security services & every public service so that no institution can hide behind secrecy.”

@thehowardleague.bsky.social is challenging the government's decision to authorise the use of PAVA spray in prisons holding boys due to:

- the physical & psychological damage PAVA spray will cause;
- the likely discriminatory use against racialised children;
- the increased harm it could cause.

No More Ticking Boxes – Families have a right to truth & accountability!

Great to connect with Mo Mansfield from @inquest-org.bsky.social 🙏

Very useful updates on their campaign for a National Oversight Mechanism & on the Hillsborough Law 💙

Check out their work here 👉 www.inquest.org.uk

Built to Harm: how women's prisons take lives 3 December 2025

🚨 NEW REPORT: Built to Harm: how women's prisons take lives

From 2018–24, 59 people died in women’s prisons in England & Wales, nearly 40% self-inflicted.

The report shows many deaths could have been prevented if successive governments had acted on long-standing calls to end women’s imprisonment.

If you're considering where to make a Christmas Donation, can strongly recommend the amazing charity INQUEST. They gave me vital support to navigate the system after my mum died and do so much for families like mine. The funding landscape is v tough atm, anything you can spare would be a big help -

🌟 Our Christmas Fundraiser is LIVE 🌟

From now until 9 Dec, every donation made to INQUEST via @biggive.bsky.social will be matched at no extra cost to you.

We need to raise £30,000 so we can continue supporting families bereaved by state failures & neglect.

Donate & share bit.ly/inquestbg25

🎬 Film as Memorial - Short film screening of RIP Seni, Final Fall & Stitched Together

Tue 16 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm

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🌿 Herbs as Healing: Fire Cider Workshop

Sat 13 Dec, 2–4pm

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🗂 Between Action & the Archive - Engaging with INQUEST’s archive in families’ pursuit of justice

Wed 10 Dec, 6.30–8.30pm

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From conversations & films to herbal remedies, December with INQUEST & BÉZNĂ Theatre is about witnessing grief, honouring lives & taking collective care.

Join us for a series of events during BÉZNĂ Theatre's art installation, Preventable, in Hammersmith.

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Our Director @debcoles13.bsky.social spoke about the need for the Public Office (Accountability) Bill to provide transparency and accountability, and to put an end to the battle that bereaved families face when fighting for the truth.

Come along and hear from:
- Oceana, campaigner and daughter of Kay Melhuish who died following neglect at HMP Eastwood Park
- Tanya Tracey, Director of Services at Birth Companions and co-chair of the Agenda Alliance board
- Jessica Pandian, Deborah Coles, & Mo Mansfield of INQUEST

Join us for a discussion of our new report, Built to harm: how women's prisons take lives.

📅 Mon 1 Dec, 1-2pm
📍 Online

We'll be looking at the long-standing, systemic failures in our prison system that continue to put women at risk & what's really needed to stop deaths.

Sign up bit.ly/builttoharm

Sky News exposes the systemic failings that led to 18 yr old Nonita Grabovskyte’s death whilst in the care of the London Borough of Barnet.

INQUEST, @article39.bsky.social & @gcnchambers.bsky.social call for urgent action to protect children leaving care.

Watch now

New rules will allow police misusing force in England and Wales to ‘walk away scot-free’ Critics say boosting protections for officers at misconduct cases, introduced after fatal shooting of Chris Kaba, will undermine rule of law

Black people die disproportionately following contact with the police. The MPS needs to be held accountable for the harm they cause.

But instead, new Home Office rules will make it even easier for police officers to evade accountability.

Anti-black discrimination systemic in Met Police, report finds Report author Dr Shereen Daniels said systemic racism was

Today the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has published an independent report that finds anti-Black racism is part of the Service’s ‘institutional design’.

This is not a new finding. The 1999 Macpherson Report was the first report of its kind to identify institutional racism in the MPS.

Doreen Lawrence calls for ‘cowardly’ undercover officer to face public inquiry Mother of murdered teenager to challenge ruling that David Hagan is too ill to give live evidence at spycops inquiry

“……there appears to be a growing pattern of undercover officers raising mental ill-health as a reason that they should not attend the inquiry to give oral evidence” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

MP's will debate Hillsborough Law for the first time on Monday.

The Bill is a critical opportunity to right past wrongs and end cover-up culture. It must be implemented in full.

We've teamed up with JUSTICE and Hillsborough Law Now to brief MP's ahead of the debate.

Read the briefing:

These figures demonstrate the inherently destructive nature of prisons, with deaths on the sharp end.

To end the vicious cycle of harm, the government must invest in community alternatives such as welfare, housing, and specialist drug and alcohol services to ensure people's needs are met.

Safety in custody: quarterly update to June 2025 Quarterly update on deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales. Annual detailed data on assaults and self-harm in prison custody.

The latest Safety in Custody statistics show that in the 12 months to September 2025, there were 411 deaths in prison custody, an increase of 30% in the previous 12 months.

Of these, 96 deaths were self-inflicted, an increase from the 88 self-inflicted deaths in the previous 12 months.

CCSE Film Screening "The UK Is Not Innocent" An INQUEST Documentary and Q&A Join us for a screening of The UK Is Not Innocent, a powerful documentary about INQUEST's grassroots history and deaths involving the state

Please repost @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social Film Screening "The UK Is Not Innocent" An @inquest-org.bsky.social Documentary and Q&A, 80-98 Mt. Pleasant, Liverpool, 26 Nov., 5-8pm (event starts at 5.30). Free to enter but registration required @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social

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New rules will allow police misusing force in England and Wales to ‘walk away scot-free’ Critics say boosting protections for officers at misconduct cases, introduced after fatal shooting of Chris Kaba, will undermine rule of law

Last week the Home Office announced new rules that will make it even harder to hold police officers accountable following use of force & misconduct.

Instead of listening to those bereaved by police violence, the Home Office is parroting the police lobby.

This will lead to more impunity & injustice

Anonymity for firearms officers will harm public confidence, Shabana Mahmood told Senior media figures say hiding names of those facing trial would ‘ride roughshod over the principles of open justice’

A coalition of journalists and media lawyers have warned Shabana Mahmood that government plans to give anonymity to firearms officers facing criminal charges will damage public confidence in policing and fuel online misinformation.

We echo their call to the home secretary to think again.

Becky's fundraiser for INQUEST Help Rebecca Montacute raise money to support INQUEST

I'm raising money for @inquest-org.bsky.social in my mum's memory, the charity provide vital support to families after state related deaths - please do donate if you can www.justgiving.com/page/rebecca...