Figen Murray has been on a 16-day trek to Downing Street to demand the implementation of Martyn's Law.
The mother of a Manchester Arena bombing victim is set to conclude her 200-mile trek to Downing Street to insist a law tightening security at public venues is introduced.
She said she had waited 18 months since Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told her in a phone call that he was supportive of Martyn's Law, which has yet to get beyond draft stage.Mr Hett was one of 22 people killed after suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a homemade device at the Ariana Grande concert on 22 May 2017.
It would require venues and local authorities in the UK to have training requirements and preventative plans against terror attacks.Ms Murray has been joined by numerous supporters including the husband of murdered MP Jo Cox and Charlotte Dixon Sutcliffe, whose husband David was killed in the Brussels Metro bombing in 2016.
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