Mr Finucane was shot 14 times by loyalist paramilitaries in his home in 1989 just weeks after former Home Office minister Douglas Hogg claimed in the Commons that he had been briefed by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) that some Northern Ireland solicitors were "unduly sympathetic to the cause of the IRA."
The murder has long been regarded as one of the most infamous of the Troubles and one of the clearest examples of security force collusion.
The Finucane family have demanded a full independent inquiry into the killing.
But the coalition reneged on a pledge by the previous administration and commissioned a review of the evidence by Sir Desmond de Silva QC instead - the report of which was published today.
Following the publication Prime Minister David Cameron rejected calls for an inquiry yet again, despite saying that Mr de Silva had presented evidence of "shocking" levels of collusion.
Mr Cameron said the report clearly showed that British state agents had "actively furthered and facilitated the murder."
But the report stopped short of laying any blame at the government's door and said that there was "no over-arching conspiracy."
Mr Finucane's widow Geraldine, who was injured in the attack, told a London press conference: "This report is not the truth."
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