Met police chiefs decided not to infiltrate far-right groups in 70s, hears inquiry

Police unit known to have spied on anti-fascists believed it would be difficult' to place undercover officers

Police leaders took a high-level policy decision not to place undercover officers in far-right groups at a time when fascists were intimidating and attacking ethnic minority communities in the 1970s, an inquiry has heard.

The undercover police officers that were sent to infiltrate political groups during that time were exclusively targeted at leftwing and progressive groups, including those opposing fascists.