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    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      News in-depthUK police
      UK police face calls for better oversight after Met serial rapist case

      Shocking details of officer ‘hiding in plain sight’ have undermined public confidence in policing

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Harriet Johnson
      The Met has a culture of misogyny — to fix this, police must first admit it

      Case of David Carrick reveals a force which is rotten, but in denial about the scale of its problems

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      UK police
      Police in England face tougher vetting after serial rapist found in ranks

      Home Office moves to strengthen checks on officers in the wake of Met Police scandal

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Braverman urged to shake up oversight of police after rape case

      Shocking revelations over serial rapist evading sanctions while in an elite unit

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      London police officer admits series of rapes and other sex crimes

      Metropolitan Police missed ‘numerous opportunities’ to remove David Carrick, who has pleaded guilty to 49 offences

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      UK to tighten anti-protest measures, despite criticism from rights groups

      Legal definition of ‘serious disruption’ to be broadened, allowing police to act earlier against demonstrations

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Camilla Cavendish
      Sinister curbs on the freedom to protest are wrong

      Some activists are playing straight into the hands of a British government bent on introducing draconian new laws

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Met chief calls for ‘radical overhaul’ of police force after damning review

      Rowley admits hundreds of officers should have been sacked after report finds wrongdoers escaping justice

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      London’s largest policing operation prepares for Queen’s funeral

      About 1mn people are expected in the UK capital on Monday, including foreign leaders and dignitaries

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      UK police
      Police watchdog to probe role of race in shooting of Chris Kaba

      Death of unarmed 24-year-old has reignited concerns of racism in London’s Met Police

    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
      London’s Met Police suspends officer over shooting of unarmed black man

      Force takes action after public outcry to the death of Chris Kaba, as family criticise lack of urgency

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      News in-depth
      Can London’s new Met Police chief fix the force’s problems?

      Sir Mark Rowley will be under intense pressure to stamp out a toxic culture and restore public trust

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Mark Rowley named London Met Police commissioner

      Veteran officer faces challenge to rebuild confidence in the force following string of scandals within its ranks

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Camilla Cavendish
      The time has come to purge the rot from Scotland Yard

      The Metropolitan Police is overwhelmed, badly run and beset by scandal, and only radical reform will win back public trust

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Inside Politics
      Who is to blame for Metropolitan Police failings?

      Kit Malthouse attacks mayor of London for being ‘asleep at the wheel’ but City Hall points to squeezed funding

    • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
      London’s Metropolitan police put under special measures

      Scandals involving the capital’s force have had ‘chilling effect’ on public confidence, says watchdog

    • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Police defend integrity of probe into Downing Street lockdown breaches

      Acting Metropolitan Police commissioner says force investigated ‘without fear or favour’

    • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Johnson ‘unlikely’ to be forced out by partygate report

      Whitehall insiders say civil servant Sue Gray’s inquiry is not expected to end PM’s career

    • Thursday, 12 May, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Police issue 50 more fines over Westminster ‘partygate’ breaches

      Number of referrals for fixed-penalty notices handed out by London’s Met reaches 100

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Tories under pressure to expel MP for watching porn in Commons

      Calls for wider debate on culture of misogyny and sexism within party and parliament

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      London’s Met Police must address ‘wider issue’ of culture, acting head says

      Problems go beyond ‘a few bad apples’, Stephen House tells MPs as he calls for power to rapidly sack officers

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Johnson apologises for lockdown breach but denies misleading MPs

      Prime minister accused by senior Tory of asking party to ‘defend the indefensible’ over partygate

    • Monday, 18 April, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Boris Johnson to brush aside ‘partygate’ fine when he faces parliament

      Opposition MPs push for contempt inquiry while PM’s allies criticise police’s handling of affair

    • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Boris Johnson loses justice minister over ‘partygate’ scandal

      Lord David Wolfson quits, pointing to ‘repeated rule-breaking’ in Downing St

    • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Johnson and Sunak fined over Covid lockdown breaches

      UK prime minister and chancellor pay and apologise after police issue more than 50 penalty notices over partygate

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