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Spycops inquiry bill has reached almost £50m - and is not yet half way through
A demonstrator outside the Royal Courts of Justice, London, in October 2018
CAMPAIGNERS have hit out at the progress of the spycops inquiry after new figures showed the total cost of the probe has reached almost £50 million.
The Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI), chaired by retired judge Sir John Mitting, has cost the taxpayer £47.3m, according to figures released by the inquiry earlier this week.
Campaigners said the “mind-boggling” sum is at odds with the investigation’s slow progress, which has only concluded two rounds of hearings since it began in October 2020.
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