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May 2018

  • Peter Francis, former police officer

    Undercover police whistleblower joins boycott of inquiry

    Peter Francis boycotts public inquiry into undercover policing over judge’s decision to give anonymity to spies

March 2016

  • Peter Francis, a former undercover officer who spent four years spying on anti-racist campaigners.

    Undercover, with Rob Evans and Paul Lewis
    Attempt by police to hold spies inquiry in secret challenged

    Peter Francis challenges argument that identities of officers should not be made public at undercover policing inquiry

February 2016

  • Diane Abbott, one of the 10 MPs identified by a whistleblower as having been monitored by police.

    Undercover, with Rob Evans and Paul Lewis
    Public inquiry to scrutinise claims that police covertly monitored politicians

    A senior judge is to look at allegations that police spied on politicians, including Diane Abbott and Ken Livingstone, after they had been elected to parliament

November 2015

  • Ken Livingstone, who says he would love to see secret police files kept on him, at a rally in support of Jeremy Corbyn in August. Photo by Andrew Parsons/REX Shutterstock

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    Inquiry to examine claims police spied on Jeremy Corbyn and Ken Livingstone

    Whistleblower’s revelations that police kept secret files on 10 Labour politicians to be investigated by public inquiry

October 2015

  • Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has demanded to see the file that the police compiled on him. PRESS ASSOCIATION.

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    Police face questions over covert monitoring of Jeremy Corbyn and other MPs

    Whistleblower reveals police compiled secret files on political activities of Corbyn and nine other MPs, even after they had been elected to the Commons

July 2015

  • The conduct of the Metropolitan police's undercover operations are due to come under the spotlight in the public inquiry.

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    Judge leading public inquiry into undercover police to speak about the inquiry for the first time

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    Blacklisted : the secret war between big business and union activists - a book review

June 2015

  • Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, addressing a rally in London's Hyde Park last year.

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    Trade unionists call for public inquiry to examine claims that police spied on them

  • Steve Hedley,one of the thousands of trade unionists who have been blacklisted by big comapnies.

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    Evidence of police complicity in blacklisting of trade unionists stretches back decades

May 2015

  • Blacklisted workers demonstrating outside the high court last year.

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    Blacklisted workers seek to prise open secrets of covert police surveillance

  • Ian Driver

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    Police monitored political activities of candidate standing against Nigel Farage

April 2015

  • Flashmob protest at Crossrail site in Central London by Unite union members in protest against blacklisting and sackings of union officials and members.    HOT SHOTS / Alamy Live

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    Labour promises full inquiry into ‘odious’ blacklisting of thousands of workers

  • Joan Ruddock, outgoing Labour MP, asked the Metropolitan Police to hand over the file they compiled on her.

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    Police face further pressure over covert monitoring of MPs

March 2015

  • Diane Abbott MP

    The Guardian view on surveillance of MPs: don’t confuse dissent with crime

    Editorial: MPs have privileges for a reason – to allow them to protect the freedoms of the rest of us
  • Scotland Yard controlled the secret undercover unit, the Special Demonstration Squad. Photo credit Nick Ansell/PA Wire

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    Whistleblowers must be protected and allowed to speak out about undercover spies, say campaigners

    Former spy Peter Francis and other whistleblowers giving evidence about conduct of undercover spies should be heard without hindrance or obstruction, not hounded by police, say campaigners
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      Ex-undercover officer reveals that covert police unit spied on trade union members - full statement

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      Covert police unit spied on trade union members, whistleblower reveals

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      New book puts spotlight on role of covert police in human rights controversy

January 2015

  • Baroness Lawrence is due to speak at next week's conference

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    Doreen Lawrence to speak at conference on police spying, corruption and racism

  • Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton, Pavilion, asked Parliamentary question about the continuing inquiry into the infiltration of political groups

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    Inquiry into unjust convictions caused by undercover operations to last longer than expected

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