Why the Hillsborough champions are getting Freedom of Liverpool honour

Kenny and Marina Dalglish, former Bishop of Liverpool the Right Reverend James Jones and Professor Phil Scraton are to be given the Freedom of Liverpool – the city’s highest honour – in recognition of their work on Hillsborough.
This is why.
Professor Phil Scraton Prof Scraton was the main author of the Hillsborough Independent Panel’s report, the author of Hillsborough – The Truth and factual consultant on Dan Gordon’s documentary, Hillsborough, which was shown on BBC2 last Sunday.
Prof Scraton was director of The Hillsborough Project from 1989 to 1995, when its 350-page report, No Last... read more