Families demand party pledges on ‘terror attack’ laws

His mother, Figen Murray, said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told her at a meeting in May that legislation was imminent, hours before he called the general election which led to parliament being dissolved.

She said: “My hopes have been raised and disappointed so many times – even on the day the election was called.

“This should be an issue that our parties agree on – not an area of systematic neglect.”

Gary Furlong, whose son James was one of three friends stabbed and killed in Reading’s Forbury Gardens in 2020, said politicians vow to “do everything they can to keep us safe and that survivors and bereaved families will be looked after”.

He said: “Before this happened to my family I thought that was true – but I now know it’s not. And that’s simply not good enough.”

Brendan Cox, the widower of murdered MP Jo Cox, said: “Too many survivors are left languishing without basic mental health support, compensation or even recognition of their pain.

“It should shame us all.”

Last week Labour joined the Conservatives in promising to bring in Martyn’s Law, which the government consulted on earlier this year.

The Green Party, Liberal Democrats and Reform have been approached for comment.