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Pictured: Lino Di Maria, the Met sergeant at the centre of police vetting storm

Sgt Di Maria won a High Court challenge to avoid being sacked - plunging Scotland Yard into a crisis that could see ‘rogue’ officers return

Evening Standard

Met officers facing sack over school strip-search of Child Q revealed

Constables Kristina Linge, Victoria Wray and Rafal Szmydynski will appear before a three-week gross misconduct hearing starting on June 2

Evening Standard

Met Police chief hits out at 'ridiculous' waste of money after force loses vetting case

Force faces having to spend £2m a year employing officers who cannot pass vetting after court ruling

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Met police chief blames Home Office failures after vetting ruling on rogue officers

Mark Rowley says officials have ‘dragged their feet’ over changing rules so forces can sack unfit officers

The Guardian - UK

Rowley: Officials ‘dragging feet’ over calls for powers to sack rogue officers

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley blamed the Home Office for failing to introduce strengthened rules.

Evening Standard

Who is Lino Di Maria? The Met police officer at the centre of the High Court vetting case

Sgt Di Maria’s past history of sexual allegations meant he couldn’t continue in role, say force

Evening Standard

OPINION - High Court decision on sacking 'rogue' Met officers places force in a ludicrous position

Commissioner now needs strong backing from the government to continue the mission of banishing officers who simply should not be in the job

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Furious Met Police chief reacts to bombshell officer vetting ruling: 'It's absurd'

Sir Mark Rowley called on the Government to take action after a High Court ruling that the force cannot sack officers by removing their vetting

Evening Standard

‘Absurd’ Met Police cannot sack officers not fit to hold vetting – commissioner

Sir Mark Rowley called on the Government to take action after a High Court ruling that the force cannot sack officers by removing their vetting.

The Independent UK

Policing in a ‘hopeless position’, Met chief warns after court rules officers cannot be sacked through vetting

Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said it is ‘absolutely absurd that we cannot lawfully sack’ officers subject to serious allegations

The Independent UK

Met vows to keep suspect officers away from public after court blocks their sacking

Commissioner says force in ‘hopeless position’ after being told to reinstate scores of officers who had failed its vetting

The Guardian - UK

Met Police ‘predators’ could return as force loses vetting case brought by ‘rapist’ officer

Home Office ‘acting rapidly’ to bring in new rules to help dismiss officers as Sir Mark Rowley warns it is ‘possible’ sacked officers could return to the force

Evening Standard

Female Met Police staff at war with federation over legal battle to get ‘rape’ officer back in uniform

In an open letter, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is told Sergeant Lino Di Maria must be sacked

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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

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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.

The Independent UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

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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’

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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

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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.

Evening Standard

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.’

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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.

Evening Standard

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

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