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Ex-PM Theresa May: Senior minister hid in cupboard to avoid Hillsborough families

- PAUL BYRNE

A BRITISH minister hid in a cupboard to avoid meeting families of the Hillsborough disaster victims, ex-PM Theresa May has revealed.

A mother of one teenager who died in the 1989 tragedy has called the unnamed minister "a disgrace".

As Home Secretary, Mrs May helped pave the way to new inquests, which in 2016 found the 97 Liverpool supporters were unlawfully killed.

But she said her decision to continue the work of the Hillsborough Independent Panel, set up by Labour, was met with resistance when the Tory-led coalition government won power in 2010.

She said: "There was just a sense of 'why should we do this, this has been going on for so long, let's just close the door on it'.