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UK: Police 'spying' whistleblower admits to MPs that he infiltrated six trade unions

14 March 2015

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"The revelation by former Special Demonstration Squad officer Peter Francis has piled further pressure on Home Secretary Theresa May to widen inquiry into undercover policing"

See the story: Police 'spying' whistleblower admits to MPs that he infiltrated six trade unions (Mirror, link)

And see the article: Ex-spy copper admits union infiltrations (Morning Star, link):

"In a statement read out by Labour MP John McDonnell at the launch of the new book Blacklisted, Mr Francis said he wished to unreservedly apologise to all the union members I personally spied upon and reported back on whilst deployed undercover in the SDS.

He said that members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), the Communication Workers Union (CWU), Unison and the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) as well as the National Union of Students (NUS) had been targeted."

See also: Home Secretary announces statutory inquiry into undercover policing (Home Office, link) AND: Tayor Review: Investigation into links between Special Demonstration Squad and Home Office (pdf)

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