内容摘要：“Baroness Morgan [now first minister] cannot pass the buck for these statistics, because she was Labour’s health minister for three years and promised to get them down."

“Baroness Morgan [now first minister] cannot pass the buck for these statistics, because she was Labour’s health minister for three years and promised to get them down."

"It is no doubt that without their support, we would not have been able to bring this fire to such a successful conclusion within such a short time period," they said.Liverpool fell silent earlier to mark the 36th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster.

Ninety-seven football fans were fatally injured in a terrace crush at an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.The minute's silence began across Liverpool at 15:06 BST, the exact time when the match at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium in 1989 was halted.A bell at Liverpool Town Hall tolled 97 times in tribute to each of the men, women and children who died.

New inquests into the disasterby a coroner about the 97th victim, Andrew Devine, following his death in 2021.

Flags were flown at half mast from civic buildings in Liverpool on Tuesday, while Liverpool Town Hall will later be illuminated in red.

Liverpool Football Club also marked the anniversary.By changing position and conceding there is a housing emergency, ministers avoided what could have been a difficult moment in parliament.

First Minister John Swinney told BBC Scotland News: “What we want to do today is to reach out to other parties and to recognise the significance of the challenge that exists.”He added: “We have to recognise that the government does not have a limitless amount of money and we can’t invest everything if our capital budget is being reduced by the UK government.”

Last year, Argyll and Bute, City of Edinburgh and Glasgow City councils all declared housing emergencies.Fife Council made the same move in March followed by West Dunbartonshire earlier this month.