FAMILIES of the Hillsborough victims called on Amber Rudd yesterday to order a full-scale public inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave as her expected announcement into what form the probe will take looms.

The Home Secretary is expected to announce today whether there will be a full-scale review into police conduct at the brutal clash between riot officers and pickets during the miners’ strike in 1984.

Pressure for a full inquiry into Orgreave has been mounting since the Hillsborough inquest’s scathing assessment of South Yorkshire Police — the same force that co-ordinated attacks on striking miners — for its actions during the 1989 football stadium disaster and subsequent cover-up.

Hillsborough Family Support Group Margaret Aspinall chair said: “The Hillsborough families today call on the Home Secretary to order an inquiry into Orgreave. We will never have the full truth about Hillsborough until we have the full truth about Orgreave.”

She said: “We will be watching events over the next 24 hours closely and call on everyone who has supported the Hillsborough campaign to support the Orgreave campaigners at this critical moment.”

Ms Aspinall also warned that a private review would be “completely unacceptable as history shows in our case that it only served to lengthen the cover-up.”

A 1998 review into the Hillsborough deaths is believed to have stalled the families’ pursuit of the truth after it was concluded new inquests were not warranted.

Labour MP Andy Burnham, who has been heavily involved with the Hillsborough inquiry, said a narrow judicial review into Orgreave would be “unacceptable” and he would make this clear to Ms Rudd today.

Mr Burnham said: “In the case of Hillsborough, it only served to lengthen the cover-up by a further decade. If the government is looking at a broader inquiry, it is essential that the Orgreave campaign are consulted about the membership of the panel and its terms of reference.”

He added: “The case for an inquiry is overwhelming and undeniable. In recent weeks, new evidence has emerged about excessive violence on the day itself and mass manufacture of police statements. Unless these allegations are properly investigated, it will damage trust in the government and the police.”