The Latest Breaking News from Dame Louise Casey

Grooming gang inquiry chaos deepens as ex-police chief in running to chair it withdraws from process

Jim Gamble, a former senior police officer, was one of two prospective candidates to lead the probe but is no longer seeking the position

Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025

OPINION - Emily Maitlis, Jess Phillips, Lucy Powell and the liberal elite have been embarrassed over grooming gangs

Well, it’s hats off to Elon Musk then, isn’t it? What are the chances that the PM would actually have commissioned and now agreed to Dame Louise Casey’s report recommending a proper national inquiry into the mass rape of white girls – some as young as 12 – by men…

Evening Standard · Jun 16, 2025

'Little has changed since Stephen Lawrence': Ricardo dos Santos speaks out after Met officers sacked

The Olympic sprinter says he and his partner Bianca Williams were subject to 'racist stereotypes'

Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2023

For all the scandals, a toxic culture in places like the CBI and the Met can be changed. Here’s how

In my work with troubled organisations, the recurring problem is bosses prioritising targets over values, says leadership and culture coach Cath Bishop

The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2023

Children as young as eight strip-searched by police, report finds

Black youths are disproportionately more likely to be strip-searched than their white peers, report finds

Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2023

‘Ripe for abuse’: Outrage over anti-protest bill giving police more power while expanding stop and search

‘These powers are going to be used and abused by accident or design against people who may not even be protestors,’ Dame Chakrabarti said

Evening Standard · Mar 23, 2023

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley again refuses to use ‘institutional’ to describe police’s problems

Sir Mark Rowley said the word had an “ambiguous” set of meetings, as well as being politically contentious

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2023

Muslim group criticises ‘unchecked racism’ found by Casey review of Met Police

The report describes Britain’s largest police force as institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic.

The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2023

Doreen Lawrence says Metropolitan police are ‘rotten to the core’

Mother of teenager murdered in racist attack in 1993 says Casey report findings come as ‘no surprise’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2023

Casey Report: Rishi Sunak says trust in Met Police ‘hugely damaged’

Trust in the Metropolitan Police has been “hugely damaged” by the torrent of scandals involving its officers, the Prime Minister said on Tuesday.

Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2023