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There are tensions between the London Mayor and the Home Secretary, after Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick resigned from her role.

The writing had been on the wall for a while for Dame Cressida Dick, but it wasn’t a single scandal that broke Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s trust, but rather a series of failures at the force that left him to conclude that the trust of Londoners had been “shattered”,…

To serve as Met Commissioner requires the confidence of the Mayor, the Home Secretary and, of course, the public. Yesterday evening, following a conversation with Sadiq Khan, Dame Cressida drew the only conclusion she felt open to her — that this was no longer the case.

Dame Cressida announced on Thursday she would be stepping down after losing the backing of London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the wake of a series of scandals during her tenure leading

Metropolitan police did not investigate lockdown-breaching party claims because there was no social media footage, legal papers show

Dame Cressida’s departure leave a ‘void’ at the top of the Met, the London Assembly police and crime committee chairwoman warned.

Warning comes as Met Commissioner forced out as row erupts between Home Office and Sadiq Khan

Resignation comes after she lost the confidence of London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

Priti Patel will oversee the appointment of the new commissioner