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Undercover officers spied on the family of the murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, deceived women into long-term sexual relationships and stole the identities of dead children.

Demonstrators had gathered at Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park.

“The Government must not squander the time afforded to them through another lockdown to enable mass testing and fix test and trace systems – which hold the key to a lasting exit strategy for both public health and the economy.”

Iain Duncan Smith said: "Just as the economy was picking up, even giving cause for optimism, we’re now to impersonate the Grand Old Duke of York, giving in to the scientific advisers & marching England back into another lockdown."

“We think it is a real missed opportunity, it’s another half measure and, without school closures as part of it, it is unlikely to have the effect that the Prime Minister wants.”

“It’s clear to me that the Government made the choice to put people’s health and the health concerns of the nation second and listened to Tory right-wing MPs and people arguing about the economy.

"If you’re out panic buying today you’re a b*llend ... get a grip"

"The corruption around this Tory Government is so blatant it doesn’t even seem to raise eyebrows anymore! COVID19 just seen as an opportunity!"

The British Medical Association also said it was “regrettable that warnings from Sage were not actioned as long ago as 21 September”.