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UK: Police colluded in secret plan to blacklist 3,200 building workers - IPCC tells lawyers representing victims it is likely that all Special Branches were involved in providing information

12 October 2013

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The role of the Special Branch, attached to each local police force across the country, was not new. In the 1970s they worked with the Economic League.

See the full story: Police colluded in secret plan to blacklist 3,200 building workers - IPCC tells lawyers representing victims it is likely that all Special Branches were involved in providing information (The Observer, link)

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