Keir Starmer has promised to bring in the new law.

Keir Starmer’s government has been thrown into fresh chaos after the prime minister was forced to pull a key bill following a backlash by MPs and campaigners.

The House of Commons had been due to debate and vote on the so-called “Hillsborough Law” on Monday.

But that has now been abandoned after a backlash over government plans to water down the legislation to protect members of the intelligence services.

One senior government figure told HuffPost UK that the highly-unusual move was “mortifying”.

The aim of the new law, which was promised in Labour’s 2024 election manifesto, is to end cover-ups by........

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