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Knife crimes and violence against women may surge without more funding, warns Met Police chief

Sir Mark Rowley’s force is facing a tidal wave of offending with a million crime a year, according to experts

Evening Standard

Police chiefs granted powers to automatically sack officers who fail background checks

Calls to change police vetting procedures began after a report into the murder of Sarah Everard in 2021

The Independent UK

'Glaring gap in law closed': Met Police hail new rules as officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked

Police chiefs will be able to sack officers deemed unfit to serve from next month under rules announced by Home Office

Evening Standard

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Police officers who fail background checks to be automatically sacked

Move designed to restore public confidence will give police chiefs stronger powers to get rid of rogue officers in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Police officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked under new rules

Measures will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday which will make it a legal requirement for serving officers to pass vetting procedures.

Evening Standard

Met Police to cut 1,700 officers and staff amid shock funding fears

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan confirms Royal Parks unit will be disbanded - despite fierce opposition from councils and victims

Evening Standard

Fury erupts over Met Police review into its funding of black, disabled and female staff unions

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley wants to know if it efficient to divert full-time resources

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Sadiq Khan urged to protect Royal Parks Police from cuts

‘Armed, organised criminal gangs are already targeting Londoners in the Royal Parks’, the mayor was told at a City Hall meeting

Evening Standard

Met Police Deputy Commissioner Dame Lynne Owens announces her retirement after 35 years

Dame Lynne will retire after 35-year career holding some of the most senior positions in British policing

Evening Standard

Met Deputy Commissioner Dame Lynne Owens to retire

The 56-year-old was brought in to help clean up the London force at arguably one of the most troubled times in its history.

The Independent UK

Met Police hired more than 1,000 officers without checking references

Sources have told the Sunday Times that the Met Police did not properly check references and many were never chased up once a recruit joined the force

Evening Standard

Met Police’s new gang database still ‘racist’ for targeting young black Londoners, claims charity

Amnesty UK’s chief Sacha Deshmukh accused officers of ‘supercharging racism’ after 870 black names added - three times more than whites

Evening Standard

Met Police still facing ‘substantial tough choices’ over cuts despite £83m windfall

Funding rises from local and central government are not enough to plug the budget gap, the Metropolitan Police has warned

Evening Standard

Met police cuts will be 'substantially scaled back' says Sadiq Khan after £83m council tax windfall

Mayor’s pledge comes as seven more London boroughs announce council tax hikes from April

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Pictured: Lino Di Maria, the Met sergeant at the centre of police vetting storm

Sgt Di Maria won a High Court challenge to avoid being sacked - plunging Scotland Yard into a crisis that could see ‘rogue’ officers return

Evening Standard

Met officers facing sack over school strip-search of Child Q revealed

Constables Kristina Linge, Victoria Wray and Rafal Szmydynski will appear before a three-week gross misconduct hearing starting on June 2

Evening Standard

Met Police chief hits out at 'ridiculous' waste of money after force loses vetting case

Force faces having to spend £2m a year employing officers who cannot pass vetting after court ruling

The Guardian - UK

Met police chief blames Home Office failures after vetting ruling on rogue officers

Mark Rowley says officials have ‘dragged their feet’ over changing rules so forces can sack unfit officers

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Evening Standard

Rowley: Officials ‘dragging feet’ over calls for powers to sack rogue officers

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley blamed the Home Office for failing to introduce strengthened rules.

Evening Standard

Who is Lino Di Maria? The Met police officer at the centre of the High Court vetting case

Sgt Di Maria’s past history of sexual allegations meant he couldn’t continue in role, say force

Evening Standard

OPINION - High Court decision on sacking 'rogue' Met officers places force in a ludicrous position

Commissioner now needs strong backing from the government to continue the mission of banishing officers who simply should not be in the job

Evening Standard

Furious Met Police chief reacts to bombshell officer vetting ruling: 'It's absurd'

Sir Mark Rowley called on the Government to take action after a High Court ruling that the force cannot sack officers by removing their vetting

The Independent UK

‘Absurd’ Met Police cannot sack officers not fit to hold vetting – commissioner

Sir Mark Rowley called on the Government to take action after a High Court ruling that the force cannot sack officers by removing their vetting.

The Independent UK

Policing in a ‘hopeless position’, Met chief warns after court rules officers cannot be sacked through vetting

Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said it is ‘absolutely absurd that we cannot lawfully sack’ officers subject to serious allegations

The Guardian - UK

Met vows to keep suspect officers away from public after court blocks their sacking

Commissioner says force in ‘hopeless position’ after being told to reinstate scores of officers who had failed its vetting

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