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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Martin Bentham

Sadiq Khan did not follow ‘due process’ in sacking Cressida Dick as Met Commissioner, report finds

Sadiq Khan acted beyond the bounds of the law by effectively sacking Dame Cressida Dick as the Met Commissioner earlier this year, an official report by the former police watchdog has concluded.

Sir Thomas Winsor said the Mayor had not followed “due process” in removing his support from Dame Cressida in the wake of a series of scandals and had not acted “in accordance with the legislative scheme, still less its spirit.

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