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

Sunak and Braverman wrong to lambast Met over Palestine demos, report says

Protesters clash with police who hold raised batons
Counter-protesters clash with police in Parliament Square in central London during a pro-Palestinian protest march on Armistice Day, Saturday 11 November 2023. Photograph: Jeff Moore/PA

The former prime minister Rishi Sunak and his home secretary Suella Braverman have been criticised in an official report for wrongly lambasting the Metropolitan police’s handling of pro-Palestinian protests.

The report from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services gives police a largely clean bill of health about its impartiality.

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