Freemasons seek injunction against Met policy requiring officers to declare membership

The grand lodge in Covent Garden, London was first established in 1775. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

Freemasons have demanded an emergency injunction from the high court to halt the Metropolitan police’s new policy that orders officers to tell their bosses if they are members of the organisation.

The Freemasons filed papers in London on Christmas Eve and claim the Met’s policy amounts to “religious discrimination” against Freemasons who are also police officers.