Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on the unredacted IPCC report confirming links between Hillsborough and Orgreave, said:

“As I’ve always said, we won’t have the truth about Hillsborough until we have the full truth about Orgreave.

"Finally, this report provides proof of what has long been suspected - that underhand tactics were used first against South Yorkshire miners before being deployed to much more deadly effect against Liverpool supporters.

"It is clear evidence of the rotten culture that has bedevilled this force for too long. Like the people of Liverpool, the mining communities of South Yorkshire now need to be told the truth about their Police force and the policing of the miners’ strike.

"On the back of these revelations, Theresa May must now order a disclosure process not just on Orgreave but on the policing of the miners’ strike.”