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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rob Evans

Police spy unit caused ‘outrage and pain’ as it infiltrated leftwing groups

New Scotland Yard in London
Senior Whitehall officials, some of them in the Cabinet Office, and top police officers knew about the Scotland Yard unit. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

A judge-led public inquiry has found that an undercover police unit that infiltrated leftwing political groups caused “outrage and pain” to the public and acted in a sexist and racist way.

The inquiry ruled that the Scotland Yard unit was not justified in intruding deeply into the private lives of campaigners, including their sexual relationships, and suggested it should have been disbanded early in its existence.

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