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Grenfell United @grenfellunited.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

In response to Simon Dudley's (Reform UK) comments on Grenfell:

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Grenfell United @grenfellunited.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

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💚

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

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

liverpoolecho.co.uk

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

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

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.

theguardian.com

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

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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.”

itv.com

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

@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.

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PPR @ppr-org.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

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

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🚨 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.

inquest.org.uk

Built to Harm: how women's prisons take lives

3 December 2025

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Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

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 -

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

🌟 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

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

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. www.inquest.org.uk/bzn-theatre-...

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

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.

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

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

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

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.

bbc.co.uk

Anti-black discrimination systemic in Met Police, report finds

Report author Dr Shereen Daniels said systemic racism was

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Deborah Coles @debcoles13.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

“……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...

theguardian.com

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

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

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:

inquest.org.uk

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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.

gov.uk

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.

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Steve Tombs @stevetombs.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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 www.eventbrite.com/e/ccse-film-...

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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

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

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

theguardian.com

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

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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.

theguardian.com

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’

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Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

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...

justgiving.com

Becky's fundraiser for INQUEST

Help Rebecca Montacute raise money to support INQUEST

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UNGRIPP @ungripp.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Serving an IPP sentence is like walking on eggshells that are scattered over a minefield. - Marc Conway, speaking at the Labour Conference 2025 #LabourPartyConference #endipp @libertyhq.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🗞️ October 2025 Newsletter is out! All of this month's latest updates including: 🟣 Landmark introduction of Hillsborough Law to Parliament 🟣Urgent amendments to Mental Health Bill to safeguard children 🟣Fatal consequences of racist immigration policies Read more 🔽

inquest.org.uk

Newsletter: October 2025

All the latest on the Hillsborough Law's introduction to Parliament, amendments to the Mental Health Bill and the fatal consequences of racist immigration policies

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Jermaine Baker, 28, was fatally shot by an officer known only as W80, a Metropolitan police officer, in Wood Green on 11 December 2015. He was unarmed. Now a police misconduct hearing has heard that the firearms officer used excessive force.

theguardian.com

Firearms officer used excessive force in fatal shooting of unarmed man in London, misconduct hearing told

Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, killed during operation to stop plot to spring gang leader from prison in 2015

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

"This inquest laid bare the fatal consequences of placing people like Leonard Farruku on barges in de facto imprisonment. These harmful policies isolate people from support & deny them dignity. Amid racist immigration rhetoric, we must remember the real human cost." @debcoles13.bsky.social

independent.co.uk

Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess asylum seeker who took his own life

Leonard Farruku died onboard the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023.

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Deborah Coles @debcoles13.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Racism, misogyny, violence and corruption. Reports, recommendations and promises of change. Policing has proved itself incapable of reform. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

theguardian.com

Met plunged into crisis amid fresh claims of misogyny and racism

Commissioner Mark Rowley says prejudice has ‘put down deep roots’ within force after BBC Panorama investigation

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UNGRIPP @ungripp.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

We would like to say an enormous thank you to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe @libertyhq.bsky.social & @inquest-org.bsky.social for speaking on our panel about IPP sentences yesterday at the @UKLabour conference. Your voices add a huge amount of weight to the campaign for change.

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Report again finds HMP Pentonville in "appalling" conditions: people living in vermin infested rooms & locked up 22 hrs a day. 3 people have taken their own lives this year. To prevent further deaths, we must redirect resources away from prisons & into community alternatives that centre care.

itv.com

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

We joined @ungripp.bsky.social at Labour Party Conference for a powerful panel on why we must resentence people still trapped under abolished IPP sentences. As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said: “Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Thanks to our brilliant panellists Abtisam Mohamed MP, @debcoles13.bsky.social of @inquest-org.bsky.social, Ben Coleman MP, @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social, and chair Charles Ritchie #StopGamblingSuicides #LPC25

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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

“A properly conducted inquest can expose the scourge of gambling harm… and can be a really important opportunity for learning and change” Really important point from @debcoles13.bsky.social of @inquest-org.bsky.social

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Once more, our amazing Trustee @beckymontacute.bsky.social is running another half marathon to raise money for our work with bereaved families! We're incredibly grateful for all her support & dedication. Please share & donate if you can! www.justgiving.com/page/rebecca...

justgiving.com

Becky's fundraiser for INQUEST

Help Rebecca Montacute raise money to support INQUEST

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UNGRIPP @ungripp.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

If you have a Labour MP, please email them and ask them to attend one of these events. You can also tag them in this post. @libertyhq.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

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Gambling with Lives @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

If you're at this year's Labour Conference, join our event on Monday at 4pm Hosted by GwL's Charles Ritchie, we have a great panel of Abtisam Mohamed MP, Deborah Coles of @inquest-org.bsky.social, Ben Coleman MP & @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social Book your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stopping-g...

eventbrite.co.uk

Stopping Gambling Suicides

From GPs to MPs - how all our public services are needed to tackle this urgent health issue.

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Lucy Brisbane Mckay @lucybrisbane.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Eric Allison, the late great @theguardian.com prison correspondent, went from career criminal to journalist. His work, often alongside @shattenstone.bsky.social, made a huge impact on so many issues. I've (ghost) written this attempt to sum up just some of them here ⬇️ bit.ly/EricAllison-TheSpark

bit.ly

From career criminal to change-making journalist

Eric Allison had a different perspective on prisons. After all, he'd been in and out of them for forty years

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Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This is such fantastic news and a real testament to decades of work from amazing campaigners. Finally, families will have access to legal aid when a state body is represented. Honestly I could cry finally seeing this, this will make such a huge difference to so many families.

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Big news: Today government introduced the Hillsborough Law to Parliament. Now we’ve added a new session to our INQUEST Northern Conference this Thursday 18 September, with key lawyers involved in this landmark legislation. 🚨 Don’t miss this vital conversation. 🎟️ Get your tickets

inquest.org.uk

INQUEST Northern Conference & Quiz 2025 - 18/09/2025 12:30:00

Garden Court North, Ison Harrison Limited and Leigh Day are hosting our annual Northern Conference, followed by a fundraising quiz for INQUEST. Time: Details: Location: INQUEST Northern Conf...

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Hillsborough Law Now campaign @hillsboroughlawnow.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Statement from the Hillsborough Law Now campaugn regarding the news that the Hillsborough Law will be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday 16 September.

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Today, after decades of campaigning by the families of the 97 people unlawfully killed at the Hillsborough Football Disaster, the government will introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament. The families have campaigned tirelessly to ensure future families don’t face the same injustice.

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Only a few spaces left for our annual INQUEST Northern Conference & Quiz to raise money for our vital work. Join us for insightful discussions on case law, the new bench book & trauma-informed practice. 📅 Thursday 18 September 🕐 12:30-17:00 (conference), 17:00-19:00 (quiz) 📍Manchester city centre

inquest.org.uk

INQUEST Northern Conference & Quiz 2025 - 18/09/2025 12:30:00

Garden Court North, Ison Harrison Limited and Leigh Day are hosting our annual Northern Conference, followed by a fundraising quiz for INQUEST. Time: Details: Location: INQUEST Northern Conf...

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

@florenceeshalomi.bsky.social has reiterated the call for the Govt. to introduce an independent National Oversight Mechanism. “It is crucial that Government is properly held to account for implementing the recommendations of the Grenfell inquiry."

committees.parliament.uk

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Strong MP turnout for @ianbyrnemp.bsky.social Westminster Hall debate on Hillsborough Law. The Govt must enact a full Hillsborough Law - with a legal duty of candour and equality of arms. It’s not a technicality - it’s a moral imperative. Watch the full debate www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

“The family see police legal action as a pathetic attempt to derail the Sheku Bayoh inquiry. For over a decade Sheku has been smeared, stereotyped & criminalised in order to negate his right to life, but history will be on the side of Sheku." - Aamer Anwar, lawyer to Sheku's family

dailyrecord.co.uk

Sheku Bayoh inquiry hit with legal action by police over judge impartiality row

The Scottish Police Federation has launched a judicial review of Lord Bracadale's chairmanship of the inquiry after he held private meetings with Mr Bayoh's family.

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INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

📢 INQUEST's @debcoles13.bsky.social, Joe Sim & @stevetombs.bsky.social respond to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood's plans for prisons. If the answer is more prisons and harsher punishments, then she, like her predecessors, is asking the wrong questions. Read our letter

theguardian.com

Why Shabana Mahmood’s outlook on prisons is wrong | Letter

Letter: The justice secretary has not understood many of the issues surrounding the prisons crisis, say Deborah Coles, Joe Sim and Steve Tombs

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