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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Mark Townsend, Home Affairs Editor

Civil service: ‘Johnson can’t hand top police job to friend’

Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe in 2016
Lord Bernard Hogan-Howe in 2016, while he was still Met Police commissioner. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

Any attempt by Boris Johnson to “unfairly” install a close ally as head of the National Crime Agency before he leaves No 10 will be thwarted, civil service sources have said.

Reports suggest the prime minister is keen to insert his “friend” Lord Hogan-Howe into one of the most prestigious positions in UK policing as one of his final acts in office.

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