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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Senior Met officer attacks Sadiq Khan over Cressida Dick exit

Sir Stephen House, centre, has asked the home secretary to review the series of events.
Sir Stephen House, centre, has asked the home secretary to review the series of events. Photograph: PjrNews/Alamy

Scotland Yard’s leadership has attacked the ousting of Cressida Dick, claiming “due process” was ignored by the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and demanding that the home secretary reviews the Metropolitan police commissioner’s alleged unfair treatment.

Sir Stephen House, the Met deputy commissioner and a close ally of Dick, hit out at Khan, who publicly clashed with Dick this month, leading her to announce her resignation as head of Britain’s biggest police force.

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