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Police federation chief accepts Met is institutionally racist, misogynistic, and homophobic

‘Acceptance is the first step to moving on,’ Steve Hartshorn says

The Independent UK

Police federation chief accepts Met is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic

The head of the Police Federation of England and Wales has said he accepts the Metropolitan police is institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic.

Evening Standard

Casey review: how the Met police needs to accept that it is institutionally racist and deal with failures

Louise Casey’s review of the standards of behaviour and internal culture at the Metropolitan police makes for uncomfortable reading. It was commissioned following the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, who was a serving Met officer at the time.

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Home Secretary not considering breaking up Met after damning Casey review

Suella Braverman said no one is shying away from the ‘big challenges’ that the Met faces.

The Independent UK

Just two thirds of British public have confidence in police, global study shows

The UK ranked in the bottom half of more than 20 countries for confidence in police and Parliament.

The Independent UK

Accepting term ‘institutional’ would help move things on – Baroness Casey

The issue was discussed during a debate on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday night.

The Independent UK

Commended cop who guarded Kate Middleton says evil men are still hiding in the Met

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'

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Met chief may have ‘missed his moment’ to overhaul force, says Louise Casey

Author of damning report criticises Sir Mark Rowley over refusal to acknowledge institutional racism, sexism and homophobia

The Guardian - UK

Met Police commissioner privately admits force is institutionally racist despite public denials, Labour claims

Two Labour MPs told said that commissioner Rowley had agreed there was an issue with institutional racism in the force in previous meetings

The Independent UK

People will not want to join police in wake of Casey review, warns top officer

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

The Independent UK

Casey review: how different is the Met police from the UK's other forces?

The series of scandals that has hit the UK’s biggest police force suggests longstanding and serious underlying problems. The newly published Casey review details these problems in depth, adding another stain to the Metropolitan police’s reputation.

The Conversation

‘Ripe for abuse’: Outrage over anti-protest bill giving police more power while expanding stop and search

‘These powers are going to be used and abused by accident or design against people who may not even be protestors,’ Dame Chakrabarti said

Evening Standard

Watch as Keir Starmer delivers speech on crime from Stoke-on-Trent

Watch from Stoke-on-Trent as Keir Starmer delivers a speech on crime at Port Vale Football Club.

The Independent UK

Scrapping the Met isn’t enough. There are radical – and proven – alternatives

Only a small proportion of rape, burglary and violent crimes are actually solved by the police, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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'Response from Met chief to Casey report shows that nothing is going to change'

The 363-page document made for sickening reading. What took my breath away was the casual, everyday behaviour considered normal

Daily Mirror

Met Police chief told to honour Stephen Lawrence and accept force is 'institutionally racist'

Baroness Louise Casey's damning report found 'institutional racism, sexism and homophobia' in the Metropolitan Police - but Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley rejected the 'ambiguous' term

The Guardian - UK

Louise Casey accuses Met police chief of ‘hollow’ reasoning on failings

Sir Mark Rowley’s refusal to admit Met police ‘institutionally’ racist, misogynistic and homophobic draws further criticism

Evening Standard

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley again refuses to use ‘institutional’ to describe police’s problems

Sir Mark Rowley said the word had an “ambiguous” set of meetings, as well as being politically contentious

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The Independent UK

Watch as Baroness Casey faces questions from MPs in wake of damning Met Police report

Watch as Baroness Louise Casey speaks to the home affairs select committee following her report on London’s Metropolitan Police, which found the force to be “institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic” and unable to police itself.

Evening Standard

Met police boss told to ‘think again’ over refusal to call force racist in wake of scathing report

Baroness Casey told the London Assembly’s policing and crime committee that the Met Commissioner and his deputy were the best people to tackle the “huge” challenge of overhauling the force

Evening Standard

OPINION - It was once inconceivable, but now breaking up the Met could really happen

Will the Casey Review — the result of a 12-month examination of the Metropolitan Police by Baroness Casey — actually change the Met? There are signs that it won’t.

The Independent UK

‘Several hundred’ Met Police officers should be sacked, says author of damning report

it faces being broken up, Baroness Casey said

Evening Standard

Met Police must confront its homophobia, say family of Stephen Port’s victims after damning Casey report

Met failure to engage on accusations of homophobia ‘prevents victims’ families from feeling like justice has been done’

Wales Online

Questions over future of Met as Commissioner and Casey due before committees

Sir Mark Rowley and Baroness Louise Casey to be scrutinised by MPs and City Hall

The Independent UK

Questions over future of Met as Commissioner and Casey due before committees

A review has found that Britain’s biggest police force is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic.

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