- A long delay to the next Phase of Inquiry hearings is announced by the Inquiry Chairman. Tranche 1, Phase 3 hearings will now begin after Easter 2022.
- The first Undercover Policing Inquiry hearings begin after 5 years and 5 months of procedural wrangling. Fourteen days of opening statements and evidence are heard – but these are not accessible to Inquiry core participants or members of the public, as the Inquiry Chair decides that audio-visual streaming of evidence is too dangerous for the ex-officers and for the security of policing operations. Only a handful of people, who brave the Covid 19 lockdown restrictions, can see the evidence at the Inquiry screening room in Central London. Police Spies Out of Lives bring actors such as Maxine Peake to read the rolling transcript.