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

Campaigners say ending the inquiry now would ‘waste the opportunity to understand this abusive state overreach and to make meaningful recommendations’ for the future (Kirsty O’Connor/PA) - (PA Archive)

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 Inquiry (UCPI) could top £200 million, the Daily Telegraph reported, quoting shadow home secretary Chris Philp as saying the cost was out of control and the inquiry should be “rapidly wound up”.