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Government’s former ethics chief reportedly fined over ‘partygate’ scandal

Helen MacNamara is said to have received a £50 fine on Friday in connection with a leaving do held in the Cabinet Office.

The Independent UK

Police ‘will not interview’ Boris Johnson over alleged parties

The Metropolitan Police are not interviewing those who have received ‘partygate’ questionnaires, reports suggest.

The Independent UK

Met Police boss Cressida Dick will get £165,000 payout when she leaves force

Dame Cressida Dick, who resigned as commissioner of the Metropolitan Police last month following the Party Gate scandal, will officially leave the force on April 10

Daily Mirror

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Cost of living crisis will lead to increase in youth violence, experts warn

‘There’s a danger that food and hunger’ will be used to snare young people into gangs, former top Met officer warns

The Independent UK

Two-thirds of racist Met Police officers and staff kept their jobs in fresh scandal

The UK's biggest police force the Metropolitan Police failed to sack two-thirds of officers found to have been racist towards colleagues, it has been revealed

Daily Mirror

Fury at Boris Johnson's team for installing 'patronising happiness surveys' in No10

The terminals, most commonly seen just outside airport bathrooms, have reportedly been brought in to monitor morale in Downing Street - which is said to have reached “rock bottom.”

Daily Mirror

London Met Police chief Cressida Dick to leave post on April 10

London police chief Cressida Dick will leave her post on April 10, the office of London Mayor Sadiq Khan said on Saturday.

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Boris Johnson 'hosted champagne party' night before Brits hit by tax and bills bombshell

The night before Britain was plunged into a cost of living crisis, Boris Johnson hosted a lavish champagne reception with top Tories and wealthy donors

Daily Mirror

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick to leave post next week

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick’s last day on the job will come next weekend.

Evening Standard

Child Q: Council urges Met Police to admit racism as force changes strip-search policy

Black schoolgirl was ‘wholly failed’ by institutionally racist force, says Hackney chief

The Independent UK

Met inspector will have to green-light strip searches in two London boroughs in wake of Child Q uproar

The measure has been introduced following outrage over the strip search of a black school girl in 2020

Evening Standard

Met police urged to admit racism after strip-search of black girl in Hackney

London council chief says treatment of 15-year-old at school shows institutional racism in force still exists

The Guardian - UK

Prior permission from inspector needed for strip searches in two London boroughs

The measure has been introduced following outrage over the strip search of a black school girl in 2020.

The Independent UK

Met Police officer Swaleh Chaudhry facing jail after secretly watching woman in Primark

Officers searching disgraced PC’s home found more than a thousand images of children being sexually abused

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The Independent UK

First Partygate fines ‘relate to official’s leaving do’

Reports that staffers received emails containing £50 fixed penalty notice

Evening Standard

Spooked Met police horses given special training on walking over LGBT rainbow

Metropolitan Police horses are being given special training after “getting spooked” by colourful road markings such as rainbow crossings.

Evening Standard

Met Police officer charged with voyeurism and making indecent images of children

A Metropolitan Police officer will appear in court on Friday morning charged with five offences including voyeurism and making indecent images of children.

The Independent UK

Metropolitan Police officer charged with grievous bodily harm after man suffers life-changing injuries

The officer, who has not been named, will appear in court next month

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The Independent UK

‘Facts not in dispute’ over whether fines mean laws were broken – No 10

Downing Street said the Prime Minister’s ‘position’ prevented him from commenting until the partygate investigation is over.

The Independent UK

Second Cabinet minister says law was broken in partygate saga

Anne-Marie Trevelyan said the Metropolitan Police’s decision to issue the fines meant criminality had been discovered.

Daily Record

Tory ministers at odds with Downing Street on whether law was broken after fines issued over partygate

Dominic Raab and now International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan have both said the Metropolitan Police's decision to issue 20 fines linked to the covid parties meant lockdown laws were broken in Whitehall.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson news - live: Response to price rises pathetic, Starmer says as families ‘to be £2,620 worse off’

‘Britain deserves better,’ Sir Keir Starmer says as Labour launches its local election campaign

The Independent UK

Thousands of women report feeling unsafe at night

The Metropolitan Police said it has received 3,272 reports of people feeling unsafe in the capital since September.

The Independent UK

Rashid Elsaffi-Bakkar: Police launch major search for boy missing for 10 days after not turning up at school

‘Extreme concern’ for Rashid Elsaffi-Bakkar, whose disappearance said to be highly out of character

The Independent UK

No 10 refuses to say lockdown laws were broken despite partygate fines

An initial 20 fixed penalty notices have been issued as a result of the Metropolitan Police investigation into Downing Street and Whitehall parties.

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