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image captionThe handling of Daniel Morgan s murder has been the subject of five inquiries
The home secretary has not received the report on the unsolved murder of Daniel Morgan, MPs have heard.
The private investigator was killed with an axe in a pub car park in south London in 1987.
An investigation panel was due to report its findings on Monday, but was blocked for review by the Home Office.
But Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg told Parliament earlier that Home Secretary Priti Patel and the Home Office were yet to receive the panel s findings.
Addressing Mr Rees-Mogg, Labour MP Chris Bryant said the independent panel set up to investigate the incident in 2013 had completed its work.
The family of murdered private detective Daniel Morgan have described a decision by Home Secretary to delay publication of an independent review into his death as a kick in the teeth .
The long-awaited report into the unsolved murder has been delayed again due to an unnecessary Home Office review said to compromise the authors independence.
The panel examining the case had been due to publish its findings on Monday, before being told by the Home Office that no Parliamentary time could be found to allow this to happen.
Then on Monday, it announced that it wanted to review the document, expected to contain a sizeable chapter on police corruption, and would keep parts of it secret if it felt necessary.
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The veteran officer, who is retiring next month, said it was important his colleagues were allowed the independence to do their jobs. I think it is as incumbent on the service to assert itself and its independence and its role as it is for the Home Office to stand back, Mr Morgan said.
During the pandemic Patel has had weekly meetings with senior police chiefs including Cressida Dick and Martin Hewitt, chairman of the National Police Chiefs Council.
Previously such meetings would only take place four times a year.
Private detective Daniel Morgan, pictured, was murdered in London on March 10, 1987
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