The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has met the home secretary to discuss claims an undercover police officer was asked to smear her family.
Theresa May has said two existing inquiries will look into the claims.
But Doreen Lawrence, accompanied by her lawyers, is expected to call for a separate full public inquiry.
Ex-police officer Peter Francis has said that, after Stephen's killing, he posed as an anti-racism campaigner in a hunt for "disinformation".
Stephen, who was black, was 18 when he was stabbed to death by a gang of white youths in an unprovoked attack as he waited at a bus stop in south-east London in April 1993.
A number of suspects were identified but it took more than 18 years to bring his killers to justice. An inquiry accused the police of institutional racism and found failings in how they had investigated the crime.
Mr Francis has told the Guardian and Channel 4's Dispatches programme that, working as part of the Metropolitan Police's Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), he was pressured to find "any intelligence that could have smeared the campaign".
That included whether any of the family were political activists, involved in demonstrations or drug dealers, he said.
Mrs Lawrence's lawyer, Michael Mansfield QC, said his client would be "wanting something done in public".
"The nearest example is Leveson, or an alternative scenario is one like the Hillsborough panel that looks at all the material," he added.
"One of these two has got to happen."
Stephen's father, Neville, has previously said "nothing short of a judge-led public inquiry will suffice".
Mrs May announced on Monday that the claims would be investigated by two existing inquiries, those of:
- Barrister Mark Ellison QC, who is examining police corruption during the original investigation into the killing
- Operation Herne, an investigation into undercover policing at the Met, led by the chief constable of Derbyshire Police, Mick Creedon, and partly overseen by the police watchdog
Meanwhile, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has said it is looking into claims its Special Branch sent a request in August 1998 to all divisions asking for information about "groups or individuals" expected to attend the Macpherson Inquiry into the handling of Stephen's murder.
National Black Police Association president Charles Crichlow told the Daily Mirror the "outrageous" document "sent a chill through me" when he saw it at the time.
GMP Deputy Chief Constable Ian Hopkins said officers were trying to find the memo, but said it was likely to be a "routine" document making reference to the policing of the inquiry, which was held in Manchester.
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