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Hillsborough families: 'No justice but hope for others'
Western Daily Press
|December 03, 2025
HILLSBOROUGH families have hit back at a police federation's claim that a report into the disaster was a “waste of taxpayers’ time and money”, and said the findings could change things for others in the future.
Investigations by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and Operation Resolve into the 1989 tragedy and its aftermath began in 2012 and cost more than £150 million.
A report published yesterday found 12 officers would have had a case to answer for gross misconduct - but no disciplinary proceedings will take place because they had all retired when investigations began.
In a statement, South Yorkshire Police Federation said: “The report is a significant waste of taxpayers’ time and taxpayers’ money. It is not fair or balanced.
“Former police officers - some of whom are very elderly and some who have sadly passed away - do not have any kind of due process or the ability to formally respond to the allegations made in this report.”
This story is from the December 03, 2025 edition of Western Daily Press.
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