The Latest Breaking News from Wayne Couzens

Ex Met police offer Ricky Haruna has lifted the lid on life in the 'toxic force' and fears another Wayne Couzens could be hiding in the ranks after it was labelled as 'institutionally racist'

Martin Hewitt is chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council.

Damning report may bolster Mark Rowley’s declared mission of reform but he needs to take ‘cops on the ground’ with him

Policing by consent — the Peelian principle of earning and maintaining the respect and approval of the public — lies at the cornerstone of British law enforcement. It is admired and copied around the world. But the Metropolitan Police has, according to an excoriating report by Louise Casey, lost it.

Former home secretary says damning Casey report should be a moment for all police forces to ‘get their house in order’

The 360-page report revealed a force riven with ‘racism, sexism and homophobia’

Baroness Doreen Lawrence, whose son Stephen was murdered by racists in 1993, said the force, Britain’s largest, is “rotten to the core”.

Trust in the Metropolitan Police has been “hugely damaged” by the torrent of scandals involving its officers, the Prime Minister said on Tuesday.

The London force has failed to protect the public from officers who abuse women, a review following the death of Sarah Everard has found