Ministers reject calls for public inquiry into Pat Finucane murder

Pressure mounts for investigation of state collusion in loyalist gunmen's 1989 killing of Belfast solicitor

The government has decided not to order a public inquiry into the 1989 murder of the Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, despite calls from across the political spectrum for fresh scrutiny of one of the most notorious killings of the Troubles.

Brandon Lewis, the Northern Ireland secretary, made the announcement in the House of Commons on Monday evening, delivering a devastating blow to a decades-long campaign for a new investigation into an attack that involved state collusion.