Home Secretary Theresa May has ordered a public inquiry into undercover policing following a report into police corruption in the Stephen Lawrence murder case.
The inquiry will be judge-led and will look at the work of undercover officers and the operation of the Metropolitan Police's Special Demonstration Squad, Mrs May told MPs.
The SDS is a unit that has been at the heart of a wide range of allegations.
Doreen Lawrence, Stephen's mother, continues to campaign for justice Mrs May's decision to hold an inquiry comes after the publication of what she called a "deeply troubling" report reviewing policing of the investigation following Mr Lawrence's murder in 1993.
The report by barrister Mark Ellison QC found there was evidence to suspect former Detective Sergeant John Davidson of acting corruptly.
Flowers left in memory of Stephen after two of his killers were convicted Mr Ellison suggested there were still lines of inquiry which might show evidence of corruption among other policemen although, he pointed out, the evidence did not exist at present.
A Metropolitan Police "spy" was working within the "Lawrence family camp" during the course of the judicial inquiry into matters arising from Stephen's death, the report found, with the unnamed officer deployed by the SDS.
Steven's father, Neville, now lives in Jamaica, where his son is buried Responding to news of a new inquiry, Stephen Lawrence's father, Neville, said: "What the Home Secretary has announced today is 21 years overdue.
"Mark Ellison's report has simply corroborated what I have known for the past 21 years and our long fight for truth and justice continues.
A memorial service was held last year on the 20th anniversary of his murder "I sat through the last inquiry but I have yet to decide whether I can go through another inquiry.
"I'm not sure can go back to square one again. It is very painful. While all this has been happening, our family has been destroyed. I now live 5,000 miles away from my children and my grandchild."
Mark Ellison was commissioned by Mrs May to conduct the review after successfully prosecuting Gary Dobson and David Norris for Stephen's murder in 2012.
Gary Dobson and David Norris were prosecuted in 2012 The 18-year-old was stabbed to death in an unprovoked racist attack as he waited with a friend at a bus stop in Eltham, southeast London.
It was more than 18 years before two of his killers were convicted.
Following Mrs May's announcement Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: "Like the Home Secretary, I find the conclusions of the Stephen Lawrence review profoundly shocking. It's important we have a full inquiry."
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