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The Observer view on the serial failings of the Metropolitan police

The force’s leadership must act on the findings of Louise Casey’s review and rebuild its trust with the public

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 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

'The long arm of the law is lawless. How many more of these wake-up calls do we need?'

Trouble is, we’ve been here before - with the Scarman Report in 1981 and the 1999 MacPherson inquiry which famously found the Met to be institutionally racist

Daily Mirror · Mar 21, 2023

What to do with a Met police that harbours rapists and murderers? Scrap it and start again

Violence against women is a threat more lethal than terrorism and our biggest force bears great responsibility, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023

Amid fiscal shock and awe, more austerity is the last thing we need

A collapse in credibility under the former Tory PM is being followed by a return to ‘sado-monetarism’ under the new one

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2022

Huge failings kept hundreds of corrupt officers in the force, admits Met chief

Casey report uncovers internal failings that let racist, corrupt and misogynist officers remain in their jobs

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022

New Met commissioner declines to say whether force is institutionally racist

Sir Mark Rowley says he is not interested in ‘labels’, while vowing to root out racism in the force

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022

Former heads of civil service blast Liz Truss over sacking of Treasury mandarin

Sir Tom Scholar removed after six years shortly after PM’s arrival in office

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2022

‘Guilty as charged’: top UK officer urges police chiefs to admit institutional racism

Met’s Neil Basu says ‘positive discrimination’ should be used to increase minority ethnic representation in ranks

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2022

Father of Stephen Lawrence criticises police chiefs’ race plan

Dr Neville Lawrence says senior officers fail to listen and are doomed to repeat the same mistakes

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022