Just before the general election, the home office plunged the undercover policing inquiry into turmoil by announcing a new timetable for the spycops inquiry.
After eight years, hearing only a fraction of the evidence, the home office was insisting that all remaining stages of the inquiry be completed, and a final report published, by the end of 2026.
The Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance (COPS) says: ‘The accelerated timetable is putting the integrity of the Inquiry’s work at risk.’ Kate Wilson, a core participant in upcoming ‘tranches’, said: ‘The Inquiry is imposing impossible deadlines on everyone, despite missing its own deadlines for disclosure.... Many Core Participants have waited years for answers only to find robust investigation and fairness may be sacrificed to a new imperative of finishing quickly at all costs.’
She urged the new Labour home secretary to halt the home office ‘sabotage’.
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