Liam Payne fans spark UK government response as  ‘Liam’s Law’ campaign hits new milestone

THE Department for Culture, Media and Sport told The Sun they are acceptable to speech astir however to safeguard artists’ intelligence wellness pursuing the decease of vocalist Liam Payne.

The One Direction star passed distant past week aged 31 aft falling from his edifice country balcony successful Buenos Aires, Argentina.

It comes arsenic an online petition calling for caller authorities dubbed “Liam’s law” is connected the brink of hitting 100,000 signatures.

At 100,000 it is eligible to beryllium debated successful Parliament, with MP Mike Woods, whose constituency is location to Liam Payne's parents, telling america helium is backing a treatment successful the House of Commons.

Liam's dada Geoff is presently retired successful Argentina moving astir the timepiece to repatriate his son's body

A root adjacent to Liam's heartbroken household said: "Geoff's sole absorption is to get his lad location - he's spent countless hours with the authorities successful Buenos Aires and won't halt until Liam tin beryllium brought home."

In a connection to The Sun, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, headed up by Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, expressed their condolences to Liam’s friends and household and vowed to proceed to bash better.

They said: “Our thoughts are with Liam's household and friends astatine this hard clip pursuing his tragic death.

“The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Secretary of State regularly conscionable with stakeholders successful the euphony manufacture and creator unions.

“We are precise unfastened to discussions, if and erstwhile raised, connected however artists' intelligence wellness tin beryllium amended safeguarded successful future.

“The authorities is committed to giving intelligence wellness the attraction and absorption it needs by recruiting an further 8,500 intelligence wellness workers to trim delays and supply faster treatment.”

Mr Woods, Conservative MP for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire added: "The absorption to Liam's tragic decease shows however overmuch helium was loved by millions astir the world, but his passing is yet different reminder that anybody tin endure from mediocre intelligence wellness - nary substance however celebrated oregon palmy they look to the remainder of the world.

"Nothing volition instrumentality distant the unspeakable nonaccomplishment felt by Liam's family, friends and fans, but if others tin beryllium spared that grief due to the fact that the euphony manufacture and wider satellite go much alert of the request to enactment artists during hard times past I anticipation it mightiness bring immoderate comfortableness to soften their pain."

Liam's dada Geoff instantly flew to Argentina aft learning of Liam's death.

He has been supported by fans of the singer, who person rallied astir him successful the country.

A root adjacent to his household told The Sun: "Geoff is presently surviving each parent's worst nightmare.

"He has been truthful moved by the outpouring of emotion and the tributes that person travel successful from crossed the world.

"Geoff's sole absorption is to get his lad location - he's spent countless hours with the authorities successful Buenos Aires and won't halt until Liam tin beryllium brought home.

He has been unfairly photographed a fewer times successful the city, but each helium is doing is trying to get done the time - I don’t deliberation anyone could beryllium expected to enactment locked wrong a edifice room.”

Liam had been unfastened astir his erstwhile struggles with his intelligence wellness and issues with intoxicant and substance use.

The kind-hearted vocalist antecedently said helium hoped speaking candidly astir his troubles would assistance others and punctual them “that they are not alone”.    

Speaking successful 2021 connected the Diary Of A CEO podcast, Liam opened up astir his struggles.

Liam said: “I was disquieted however acold my stone bottommost was going to be.

"'Where is stone bottommost for me? You would person ne'er seen it. I'm precise bully astatine hiding it. No 1 would person ever seen it.”

Liam's Law has been trending connected X, formerly Twitter, each week arsenic fans squad up to alteration the industry.

Online petition “Liam’s Law” calls for safeguarding of intelligence wellness for artists.

The petition reads: “We question to implore lawmakers to make authorities safeguarding the intelligence wellness of artists wrong the industry.

“Such a instrumentality would necessitate regular intelligence wellness check-ups, capable remainder periods, and the beingness of intelligence wellness professionals on-set, including immoderate ongoing enactment during their career.

“It volition guarantee a healthier, safer, and much conducive moving situation for artists to cultivate their talents, reducing intelligence distress.

“This would besides see aboriginal interventions to support and minimise earlier it's excessively late.

Furthermore, the expanding complaint of musicians who dice earlier the property of 35, is concerning. We request to enactment now!”

Liam changeable to fame arsenic a contestant connected Simon Cowell’s deed bid The X Factor.

At the clip the ITV bid was astatine the tallness of its popularity with an mean of 17 cardinal  people.

Liam archetypal appeared connected The X Factor successful 2008 earlier being sent location astatine the judges houses signifier of the competition.

He returned successful 2010 erstwhile helium was placed successful boyband One Direction alongside Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik.

Despite lone coming third, the radical went connected to predominate the globe.
They completed 4 merchantability retired satellite tours - 2 of which were stadium tours.

By the clip they divided successful 2016, they had sold a staggering 70 cardinal records worldwide.  

After the radical went connected an indefinite hiatus Liam embarked connected a solo vocation - teaming up with Ed Sheeran for his debut azygous Strip That Down successful 2017.

The way was the archetypal of 3 solo apical 10 hits.

He went connected to merchandise his debut album, LP1, successful December 2019.

Alongside his music, Liam helped rise millions of pounds for charities astir the world, including volunteering astatine his section nutrient slope during the pandemic.