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Joe Talora

How the relationship between Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Met Police reached breaking point

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick (Lauren Hurley/PA). (Picture: PA Archive)

A simmering row between City Hall and Scotland Yard erupted on Wednesday as the Met’s Deputy Commissioner launched a scathing attack on Sadiq Khan over his handling of Cressida Dick’s resignation.

Sir Stephen House, addressing a meeting of the London Assembly’s police and crime committee, accused the Mayor of London of forcing Dame Cressida out without due process in a very public showing of the rot at the heart of the relationship.

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