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Doreen Lawrence calls for ‘cowardly’ undercover officer to face public inquiry

Mother of murdered teenager to challenge ruling that David Hagan is too ill to give live evidence at spycops inquiry

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2025

Ex-officer accused of racism takes legal action to avoid facing spycops inquiry

Whistleblower testified that man known as HN86 gathered information to undermine Lawrence family campaign

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025

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

Force admits use of undercover officers was ‘indefensible’ and had ‘corrosive effect’ on public trust, inquiry hears

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

As a ‘spy cops’ victim, I’m glad their sexual abuse has been condemned, but what about their bosses?

Today’s interim report is right to say the police operation was unjustifiable, but says too little about its architects, and the women like me who suffered, says Alison, a founder member of Police Spies Out of Lives

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2023

Met Police’s undercover tactics slammed as spying ‘not justified’, landmark inquiry rules

Inquiry looked at women who were deceived into sexual relationships with officers and spying on justice campaigns including that for murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

‘Devastating for the Met, MI5 and Government’: Campaigners react to landmark undercover policing report

Campaigners are calling for all secret police files on them to be released and the publication of all of the names of undercover officers

Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2023

Spying on left-wing groups by secret Met Police squad 'not justified', report finds

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…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 29, 2023

‘Spy cops’ scandal: what is it and why was public inquiry set up?

We look at key questions around inquiry into undercover policing as it publishes its first report

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2023

‘Spy cops’ operations against leftwing groups unjustified, inquiry finds

Report says officers collected details of activists’ sexuality and bank accounts, and operations should have been shut down

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2023

Shame of the Met undercover police who tricked women into sex

Undercover Met police officers deceived women into having sex including when it was unnecessary to maintain their cover in a practice that brought “shame” upon them, a damning report has found.

Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2023