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Metropolitan Police taken out of special measures after two-year overhaul to fix ‘broken’ force

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley vows: ‘We are on the right path to deliver on our promise to Londoners.’

Evening Standard

Metropolitan police out of special measures after ‘good progress’

London mayor hails performance and culture reforms but inspectorate warns there is still significant work to be done

The Guardian - UK

Police waiting for correspondence from parties in newspaper intrusion case

The Met previously investigated claims of phone hacking at the now defunct tabloid News of the World between 2011 and 2015.

The Independent UK

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Met officer’s ‘disastrous’ claim may prevent 300 rogue police being sacked, force warns

Sergeant Lino Di Maria lost his vetting clearance after allegations of rape, domestic abuse and sex in public car parks

Evening Standard

Met Police fights High Court battle for right to sack 'rogue' officers

A police officer with past allegations of rape is challenging the Met Police’s attempts to sack him

Evening Standard

‘Protests that were not allowed’: does Britain have a two-tier policing problem?

Freedom of information request reveals 21 of 24 marches banned in last 30 years were proposed by far-right groups

The Guardian - UK

Met Police Commissioner warns force face 'steep budget cliff' as officers see 'ghastly' levels of violence

Sir Mark Rowley said he would be making “many tough choices”

Evening Standard

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Met Police funding boost to tackle protests but cash fails to plug reported shortfall

Scotland Yard and City of London Police will receive £255.2 million through the national and international capital city grant, a £65 million increase on 2024/25

Evening Standard

Police chiefs claim cuts ‘inevitable’ in face of £1.3 billion funding gap

Ringfencing money for neighbourhood policing leaves chiefs unable to invest in other specialist services, the National Police Chiefs Council said.

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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

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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

Evening Standard

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’.

Evening Standard

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…

Evening Standard

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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The Guardian - UK

‘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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

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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