MPs to quiz Met chief over 'plain-clothes tactics' denial

A senior Met commander was today summoned by MPs to explain why he falsely claimed no undercover police were used at the G20 protests in 2009.

Commander Bob Broadhurst has been recalled by the Commons home affairs committee after Scotland Yard admitted plain-clothes officers had been among the demonstrators.

The revelation came after the committee asked questions in the wake of undercover officer Mark Kennedy being unmasked. Two months after the protests in London, Mr Broadhurst told the committee: "We had no plain-clothes officers deployed within the crowd." He added it would have been too dangerous for them.

Yesterday the Met admitted that was wrong. In a statement, it said officers were there "to identify individuals who may be involved in the organisation of criminal activity and to give live-time intelligence/evidence". Mr Broadhurst has been called to the committee next week.