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Met Police spends over £53 million on pro-Palestine protests ‘instead of fighting crime’ in London

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley believes resources would be better used to combat phone snatches and violent crime

Evening Standard

No cuts to neighbourhood policing despite ‘stretched’ system – Met chief

Sir Mark Rowley, who heads the country’s largest police force, has previously warned of ‘eye-watering’ cuts to the force’s spending this year.

Evening Standard

Met Police chief welcomes contempt of court review after Southport stabbings

Sir Keir Starmer defended the decision taken by authorities not to share information about the case earlier on.

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Police dogs face axe due to Met budget cuts, admits commissioner Sir Mark Rowley

Force has 230 police dogs for public order, search and rescue and drug raids

Evening Standard

Hugh Grant says police should investigate 'serious intrusion' by The Sun publisher in wake of Prince Harry settlement

‘We think that the CPS and the police should launch a new criminal investigation into this’

Evening Standard

Police officer cuts could be partly reduced, London Assembly finds

An extra £78m in the mayor’s budget could ‘rescue’ almost 1,000 officer roles, a City Hall committee has found

Evening Standard

Met Police removed from special measures by watchdog after ‘good progress’

Scotland Yard was put under enhanced monitoring by the watchdog two-and-a-half years ago.

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Metropolitan Police taken out of special measures after two-year overhaul to fix ‘broken’ force

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley vows: ‘We are on the right path to deliver on our promise to Londoners.’

Evening Standard

Metropolitan police out of special measures after ‘good progress’

London mayor hails performance and culture reforms but inspectorate warns there is still significant work to be done

The Guardian - UK

Police waiting for correspondence from parties in newspaper intrusion case

The Met previously investigated claims of phone hacking at the now defunct tabloid News of the World between 2011 and 2015.

The Independent UK

Met officer’s ‘disastrous’ claim may prevent 300 rogue police being sacked, force warns

Sergeant Lino Di Maria lost his vetting clearance after allegations of rape, domestic abuse and sex in public car parks

Evening Standard

Met Police fights High Court battle for right to sack 'rogue' officers

A police officer with past allegations of rape is challenging the Met Police’s attempts to sack him

Evening Standard

‘Protests that were not allowed’: does Britain have a two-tier policing problem?

Freedom of information request reveals 21 of 24 marches banned in last 30 years were proposed by far-right groups

The Guardian - UK

Met Police Commissioner warns force face 'steep budget cliff' as officers see 'ghastly' levels of violence

Sir Mark Rowley said he would be making “many tough choices”

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Met Police funding boost to tackle protests but cash fails to plug reported shortfall

Scotland Yard and City of London Police will receive £255.2 million through the national and international capital city grant, a £65 million increase on 2024/25

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Police chiefs claim cuts ‘inevitable’ in face of £1.3 billion funding gap

Ringfencing money for neighbourhood policing leaves chiefs unable to invest in other specialist services, the National Police Chiefs Council said.

Evening Standard

Police chiefs warn of possible cuts to officer numbers amid budget shortfalls

Ben-Julian Harrington, Chief Constable of Essex Police, said: ‘To put it bluntly, the books don’t balance.’

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Met Police boss fears funding cuts could lead to loss of 2,300 officers

A report by Sir Mark Rowley explained the Met ‘will be forced to make tough choices to reduce the service we offer Londoners’

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‘Half of Met Police officers missing from DNA database’ in new vetting scandal after Wayne Couzens

London Labour MP Dawn Butler demands answers from Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley

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Gun crime soars by 30% as gangland rivalries blight London enclave where girl, 8, injured in double shooting

Community leaders blame recent prison release of gang members with ‘scores to settle’ for a violent crimewave sweeping west and south London

Evening Standard

Met Police sack over 100 rogue officers in one year but work ‘not yet done’, says anti-corruption boss

Scotland Yard’s rejection of new applications to join the force has jumped from 6.9% to 12.5% in light of stricter vetting procedures

Evening Standard

Watch: Horror moment thug, 19, rams Met policeman off motorbike during high-speed chase

David Doyle has been jailed for five-and-a-half years after leaving PC Richard Keen with significant injuries

Evening Standard

Met Police chief warns of ‘eye-watering cuts’ without more funding

Sir Mark Rowley said back-ups such as selling police stations and using reserves ‘have run out’.

Evening Standard

OPINION - Essex Police have made Allison Pearson a free speech martyr instead of fighting actual crime

Allison Pearson, the highly respectable Daily Telegraph middlebrow columnist, was naturally startled when, on Remembrance Sunday morning, two police presented themselves at her door to tell her that she was under investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in connection with a social media post on X and invited her…

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: The Metropolitan Police's funding crisis spills over

So much energy is consumed following the Metropolitan Police and its many inquiries, reviews and staff legal troubles that it is sometimes possible to forget that it is, at its core, a police force with no more important job than to protect Londoners. But according to the commissioners, Scotland Yard…

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