Manchester Arena bombing inquiry recommendation delays 'heartbreaking', say victims' families
Hearing the government's "excuses" for delays to implementing the recommendations was "awful", say families of victims
Inquiry chairman Sir John Saunders said some organisations had been "somewhat slow" on actioning his recommendations.A lawyer representing the families of victims Kelly Brewster, Megan Hurley, Eilidh MacLeod, Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry read a statement on Wednesday afternoon outside Manchester Hall.
However, the families praised Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, who they said had "embraced" and "gone beyond" the recommendations. It emerged ministers had rejected one of the inquiry's recommendations - that all people who monitor CCTV at large venues must have a licence.Home Office ministers have decided such a requirement, which is backed by the Security Industry Authority, would not be "proportionate", the hearing was told.
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