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    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      Nuala O'Loan
      The Met could learn from Northern Ireland’s police reforms

      When trust is ebbing away, action must follow

    • Saturday, 25 March, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Police draft new guidance to reduce criminalisation of sex workers

      NPCC advises officers to turn a blind eye to part of ‘blunt’ and ‘outdated’ prostitution laws in England and Wales

    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      There are glimmers of hope for reform after the exposure of rotten Met culture

      The successful transformation of Northern Ireland’s police service demonstrates that London can expect better from its disgraced force

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      A last chance for the Metropolitan Police

      Scathing report finds the force is letting down Londoners and its own staff

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      Met chief says London should see ‘month by month’ progress on policing

      Rowley pledges change after Casey review lays bare force’s institutional failings

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      London police force should be overhauled or broken up, says review

      Damning report finds Met to be ‘institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic’

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Metropolitan Police: it’s now or never

      Louise Casey’s findings of institutional racism, homophobia and sexism are unsurprising. But this time, there is strong political consensus on reform

    • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
      Victoria Dowd
      The tragic consequences of the have-a-go detective

      Crime tourists who flocked to Nicola Bulley’s village expose the perils of a macabre public pastime

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Junior doctors in England vote to strike as NHS pay dispute escalates

      More plans for health service walkouts come as police chiefs warn ministers pay cuts are hitting force recruitment

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      UK police vulnerable to Chinese spy equipment, says watchdog

      Surveillance commissioner warns of widespread use of China-made drones and cameras by forces in England and Wales

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      UK crime
      Former Met police officer jailed for minimum of 30 years over series of rapes

      David Carrick raped and sexually abused 12 women over the course of 17 years

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      Police apologise for ‘profound failings’ over Hillsborough disaster

      Nearly 34 years after fatal football stadium crush, officers apologise to families of the dead

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      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
      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

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      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

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      Robert Shrimsley
      ‘Alibi Conservatism’ will not hide crime and immigration failures

      Harsh deportation schemes or stiffer sentences may appeal to target voters, but the only true deterrent is efficiency

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      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
      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
      UK campaigners criticise ‘punitive’ policing of anti-monarchy protests

      Arrests for public order offences prompt backlash from civil liberties groups

    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      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-depthMetropolitan Police Service UK
      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
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      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, 8 July, 2022
      Labour Party UK
      Keir Starmer cleared after police ‘beergate’ probe

      Durham Constabulary says Labour leader and deputy Angela Rayner will not be fined over 2021 campaign event

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      FT Magazine
      She thought she was marrying a hero cop. The truth was heartbreaking

      The many questions about domestic abuse committed by police officers

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