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Government refuses to hold inquiry into renditions and torture
THERESA MAY has failed to deliver an inquiry into rendition and torture, despite campaigners hoping it could be one of her final acts before leaving office.
The outgoing prime minister, who took on the Metropolitan Police by launching a judge-led inquiry into undercover policing, has decided against opening a similar probe into extraordinary renditions — which would have put Britain’s spy agencies under intense scrutiny.
Her de-facto deputy, David Lidington, told the Commons today the government has ruled out an inquiry.
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