Watch live: An inquiry into undercover police operations into activist groups has concluded that the deployments were unjustified. Those impacted speak to the press following the inquiry's conclusion -
He says a report in 1976 conducted by senior Met police officers into the operations concluded that the work of undercover officers was of"extreme importance" in helping to police public order functions.While it is clear the government knew about these operations, what doesn't emerge from the report is who at the highest level knew and signed off the tactics that Sir John says would have led to them being shut down.
However, it finds"the great majority of deployments by the SDS in this period did not satisfy either criterion".Under the Heath government the main concern was industrial unrest, and under Callaghan it was the infiltration of trade unions by the Communist Party of Great Britain and of the Labour Party by Militant Tendency.
But campaigners will have to wait another three years before the full findings are published, extending over a much longer period to at least 2010.
"For the same reason, I have also refrained from expressing any general conclusions about the attitude of police officers and managers within the unit towards deceitful sexual relationships during deployments."
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