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Police chiefs warn of possible cuts to officer numbers amid budget shortfalls

Ben-Julian Harrington, Chief Constable of Essex Police, said: ‘To put it bluntly, the books don’t balance.’

Evening Standard

Met Police boss fears funding cuts could lead to loss of 2,300 officers

A report by Sir Mark Rowley explained the Met ‘will be forced to make tough choices to reduce the service we offer Londoners’

Evening Standard

‘Half of Met Police officers missing from DNA database’ in new vetting scandal after Wayne Couzens

London Labour MP Dawn Butler demands answers from Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley

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Gun crime soars by 30% as gangland rivalries blight London enclave where girl, 8, injured in double shooting

Community leaders blame recent prison release of gang members with ‘scores to settle’ for a violent crimewave sweeping west and south London

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Met Police sack over 100 rogue officers in one year but work ‘not yet done’, says anti-corruption boss

Scotland Yard’s rejection of new applications to join the force has jumped from 6.9% to 12.5% in light of stricter vetting procedures

Evening Standard

Watch: Horror moment thug, 19, rams Met policeman off motorbike during high-speed chase

David Doyle has been jailed for five-and-a-half years after leaving PC Richard Keen with significant injuries

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Met Police chief warns of ‘eye-watering cuts’ without more funding

Sir Mark Rowley said back-ups such as selling police stations and using reserves ‘have run out’.

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OPINION - Essex Police have made Allison Pearson a free speech martyr instead of fighting actual crime

Allison Pearson, the highly respectable Daily Telegraph middlebrow columnist, was naturally startled when, on Remembrance Sunday morning, two police presented themselves at her door to tell her that she was under investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in connection with a social media post on X and invited her…

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OPINION - The Standard View: The Metropolitan Police's funding crisis spills over

So much energy is consumed following the Metropolitan Police and its many inquiries, reviews and staff legal troubles that it is sometimes possible to forget that it is, at its core, a police force with no more important job than to protect Londoners. But according to the commissioners, Scotland Yard…

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‘Daft’ for Streeting to suggest assisted dying law would cost NHS, says former Labour minister - as it happened

Margaret Hodge, the ex-Labour minister who now sits in the Lords, has criticised Wes Streeting on the BBC

The Guardian - UK

Met Police chief Mark Rowley warns of 'eye-watering cuts to services we provide to London' in funding crisis

The capital’s top officer said he was ‘deeply troubled’ by the situation the force was facing

Evening Standard

Police officer who shot Chris Kaba ‘to be promoted’ after acquittal

Martyn Blake was cleared of murdering Chris Kaba, 24, by a jury in just over three hours at the Old Bailey in October

The Independent UK

Met Police boss Sir Mark Rowley rebukes Sadiq Khan and MPs over Chris Kaba shooting case

Sir Mark Rowley revealed Kaba’s gang are behind 11 gun attacks as well as the exploitation of children

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Met chief hits out at social media speculation around Chris Kaba shooting as 67 gang linked to 11 gun attacks

Mark Rowley said Kaba’s gang was involved in drug distribution and several shootings

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Met seeks answers over claim Chris Kaba murder probe was ‘to stop rioting’

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley previously said his officers believe campaign groups can influence accountability

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The Standard 100: People shaping London in Politics, Security, Knife Crime, Transport and Charity

Rachel Reeves, Sadiq Khan and Richard Curtis are among the top hundred people shaping the capital in 2024

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Met chief backs changes to firearms officer scrutiny after Chris Kaba shooting

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley commented after Yvette Cooper unveiled a string of measures in the wake of the Chris Kaba case

The Independent UK

Scotland Yard praises policing reforms as ‘welcome step forward’

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley commented after Yvette Cooper unveiled a string of measures in the wake of the Chris Kaba case.

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The Independent UK

Chris Kaba shooting: Yvette Cooper vows to reform how police are held to account

The Home Secretary spoke in the Commons on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Police on trial for shooting suspects to be given anonymity after Chris Kaba marksman forced into hiding

Yvette Cooper said it is vital that officers ‘are not put in further danger’ during criminal proceedings if they fire their gun in the line of duty

Evening Standard

Met Police chief calls for firearms officers to be shielded from trials after Chris Kaba verdict

Scotland Yard boss Sir Mark Rowley believes the current accountability system is ‘broken’

The Guardian - UK

Police push to make it harder to prosecute officers after Chris Kaba shooting

Exclusive: Campaigners say calls to redraw rules are cynical attempt to secure ‘effective immunity’ for officers

The National (Scotland)

Justice Secretary calls for Chris Kaba verdict to be 'respected' after protests

THE Justice Secretary has called for people to respect a verdict clearing a police officer who killed an unarmed man after protests.

Evening Standard

‘No winners’ in Chris Kaba shooting case, says firearms officer

The marksman said there was never any evidence that his colleague Martyn Blake had done anything wrong.

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Protesters gather after Met police marksman cleared of Chris Kaba murder

Metropolitan Police firearms officer Martyn Blake was acquitted of murder at the Old Bailey on Monday

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