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Police spying unit should have been shut down in 1970s, report finds

A secret police unit that spied on hundreds of campaign groups over four decades should have been closed down in the first years of its existence, a report has found. The shadowy actions of the Metropolitan Police Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) ...

29 Jun 2023 at 14:22

‘Police unit’s spying was not justified and squad should have been closed down’

Spying on left-wing groups by a secret Metropolitan police squad was not justified and the unit should have been closed down, a landmark report has found. Findings from the first part of a mammoth public inquiry into undercover policing were ...

29 Jun 2023 at 12:11

‘Heed the lessons from undercover policing inquiry’, lead lawyer warns

The lead lawyer in the public inquiry into undercover policing has warned the next government and law enforcement to “heed the lessons” from past use of police spies. David Barr KC said the inquiry is not purely a historical exercise and ...

01 Jul 2024 at 14:40

Next stage in Undercover Policing Inquiry to begin

The next stage of the mammoth public inquiry into the activities of undercover police is due to begin on Monday. Opening statements will be made over three days at the start of a batch of hearings looking at the since disbanded secret ...

01 Jul 2024 at 02:45

Met apologises for spying on police justice campaigns in 1980s and 1990s

The Metropolitan Police has apologised for the “indefensible” use of undercover officers to infiltrate anti-racism police justice campaigns in the 1980s and early 1990s. Peter Skelton KC, acting on behalf of the force at the ...

01 Jul 2024 at 15:31

Woman discovered close friend had been police spy on social media, inquiry told

A woman who says she was deceived into having sex with an undercover police officer only found out his true identity more than 20 years later on social media, a public inquiry has heard. The woman, referred to as Jenny, ...

02 Jul 2024 at 15:14

Women targeted by undercover police hit back at calls for inquiry to be wound up

Women who were tricked into relationships with undercover police officers have pushed back at claims that a public inquiry into a secret unit should be ended as soon as possible. The cost of the Undercover Policing ...

11 Jun 2025 at 14:43

Neville Lawrence welcomes chance for undercover police evidence to be aired

The father of Stephen Lawrence has welcomed the chance for evidence to be heard in public about how undercover police officers infiltrated the justice campaign for his son. Neville Lawrence said the surveillance ...

10 Oct 2025 at 14:30

Neville Lawrence welcomes chance for undercover police evidence to be aired

13 Oct 2025 at 02:45

Undercover police inquiry to hear justice campaigners’ ‘deeply moving’ evidence

Race issues will be “particularly prominent” in the latest stage of a mammoth public inquiry into undercover policing, a hearing has been told, with “deeply moving, at times harrowing” evidence ...

13 Oct 2025 at 16:29

Police began spying on Stephen Lawrence campaign ‘almost at once’ after murder

Police began gathering information about visitors to Stephen Lawrence’s bereaved parents the day after his murder, a public inquiry has been told. In an opening statement on behalf of ...

14 Oct 2025 at 17:07

Whistleblowing ex-police spy has become ‘an inconvenient truth’

A former undercover police officer turned whistleblower has become “an inconvenient truth” facing “criticism from every corner”, a public inquiry has been told. Peter Francis has ...

14 Oct 2025 at 11:25

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