Scotland Yard ‘spied on Labour ministers including Jack Straw and Harriet Harman’

‘Police spied on Labour MPs including then home secretary Jack Straw and ex-Cabinet ministers Peter Hain and Harriet Harman during the 1990s, a former undercover officer has claimed.

Whistleblower Peter Francis said he read secret files on 10 MPs during his 11 years working for the Metropolitan Police’s Special Branch.

Mr Francis said he personally collected information on three MPs – Diane Abbott, Jeremy Corbyn and the late Bernie Grant – while he was deployed undercover infiltrating anti-racist groups, the Guardian said.’

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