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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Margaret Davis

Furious Met Police chief reacts to bombshell officer vetting ruling: 'It's absurd'

Britain’s biggest police force is set to challenge a High Court ruling that it cannot sack officers by removing their vetting clearance.

Head of the Metropolitan Police Sir Mark Rowley said it is “absurd” that officers who are not fit to hold vetting cannot be lawfully sacked.

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