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Dai Davies, a former head of royal protection at Scotland Yard, has dismissed Prince Harry's concerns about his security if he is to return to the UK and says some royals don't get any police protection

PM’s birthday party, gathering in Downing Street flat and several Christmas celebrations all part of Scotland Yard probe into lockdown rule-breaking

In her final days as our Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Dame Cressida Dick has issued a thinly veiled attack on Mayor Sadiq Khan for his handling of Scotland Yard. In an exclusive letter to London, published in today’s Standard, Dame Cressida suggests that the “current politicisation of policing is a threat…

The Met Commissioner — forced to resign after clashing with Mr Khan — admitted that recent scandals meant Londoners were ‘let down’

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Latest updates: Helen MacNamara says sorry after being fined in connection with a leaving do at the Cabinet Office in June 2020

Horror at killings of civilians in Kyiv’s surrounds … fines over Downing Street party on eve of Prince Philip’s funeral … and the return of Marine Le Pen

Helen MacNamara was director general of propriety and ethics in the Cabinet Office

Helen MacNamara, who used to be the deputy cabinet secretary, is said to be among the first group of people to receive a fixed-penalty notice.