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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Met’s request for Sue Gray report redactions only muddies the picture

New Scotland Yard in central London, lit up in purple for Holocaust Memorial day
New Scotland Yard in central London. Redacting the Gray report would only ‘feed a perception there is some kind of collusion between government and policing’. Photograph: Ian West/PA

Scotland Yard’s statement that it has asked for “minimal references” to certain events covered in Sue Gray’s report provoked confusion and anger.

The effect of Friday’s intervention was to diminish the chances of Gray’s report being published in full any time soon. It also heightened speculation about what the force is actually investigating.

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