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Met Police forced to pay £6,000 after unlawful search and handcuffing of mixed-race boy

Exclusive: The boy was 13 at the time. His mother, a serving Met Police officer, launched a complaint.

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil protesters not stopped because they aren’t causing ‘serious disruption’, claims Met chief

Police are unable to clear London roads blocked by Just Stop Oil campaigners because the protests are not passing the legal test of causing “serious disruption”, the Met Commissioner admitted on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Road-blocking protesters have not yet caused major disruption – police chief

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said officers have to wait until demonstrations meet a legal threshold of disruption before they can be shut down.

The Independent UK

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The Standard View: End the lottery over free school meals

Ensuring every child has enough to eat at school is a moral imperative. It is also a benefit to wider society. A PwC study, seen exclusively by the Evening Standard and our sister paper, The Independent, finds that extending free school meals to all children in poverty in England would…

Evening Standard

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley announces major new crackdown on sex predators

Exclusive: Sir Mark Rowley announces plans to ensure more rapists and sex attackers are put behind bars

Evening Standard

Police face new probe over ‘grossly offensive’ WhatApp messages

The Independent Office for Police Conduct is carrying out a criminal investigation into six serving officers and an ex-officer

Evening Standard

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley announces new anti-corruption unit in bid to restore trust in police

‘I make no apology for the ruthlessness in evicting those who undermine our integrity as we seek to reform the Met and give the public the confidence in us they deserve’

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Police face probe over ‘grossly offensive’ WhatApp messages

The Independent Office for Police Conduct is carrying out a criminal investigation.

The Independent UK

‘New Met chief needs to be bold to root out racists’, force’s first black officer says

Force’s first black officer says zero tolerance needed against bigoted or corrupt police

Evening Standard

Metropolitan Police boss: People will be removed from force for ‘ghastly acts’

Sir Mark Rowley, who started his job last month, said the Met has let the public down.

The Independent UK

Man arrested over misconduct in public office after ex-police officer accused of racist WhatsApp messages

Scotland Yard Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley vows to ‘be ruthless in rooting out corrupting officers’

The Independent UK

The Standard View: Sir Mark Rowley must drive the bigots out of the Metropolitan Police

It has been another tough day for the Met. An immigration official, a former Metropolitan Police officer, has been suspended by the Home Office following an investigation into allegations of racist posts in a WhatsApp group.

Evening Standard

Man arrested after Scotland Yard hit by new racism storm with vile texts on WhatsApp group

Mayor demands action over vile texts on group used by former and serving officers

Evening Standard

Met chief pledges to root out racists from police after further scandal

Recently serving officers including immigration official Rob Lewis set up WhatsApp group that shared racist memes

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Ankle tags used to target young black men, London mayor’s report finds

Exclusive: analysis suggests unconscious bias may have disproportionately linked black men to knife crime

The Guardian - UK

Broken Yard: The Fall of the Metropolitan Police by Tom Harper review – the force’s annus horribilis

The investigative journalist examines key episodes from the Met’s recent history, with frank contributions from insiders, in a book that should be essential reading for the new commissioner

The Independent UK

‘The Met breaks my heart’: The dramatic decline of Britain’s biggest police force, and how it could recover

The fall from grace of Britain’s largest police force has been stark, writes Tom Harper. How does the Met get itself out of this hole?

The Guardian - UK

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

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The Independent UK

Hundreds of wanted criminals facing arrest in Met crackdown

The force’s new chief Sir Mark Rowley is aiming to boost confidence over policing in five areas, including drugs, fraud and violence against women.

Evening Standard

The Standard View: The real test is to come for Keir Starmer and Labour

The mood at the Labour conference in Liverpool is buoyant. The party is ahead in the polls, its leader, Sir Keir Starmer, faces no credible internal threats and the Government’s mini-budget has been mauled by the markets.

Evening Standard

I’ll root out the racists and misogynists in our ranks, Met’s new chief promises

Sir Mark Rowley hopes to bring the force out of special measures in 12 to 18 months

Evening Standard

Chris Kaba: Firearms officers did not threaten to walk out after shooting, says Met Commissioner

Sir Mark Rowley said he has a “dedicated team” who wouldn’t “let down London” by protesting

The Guardian - UK

Met chief vows to be ‘ruthless’ in rooting out wrongdoing in ranks

Mark Rowley says claim that officers threatened to hand in weapons over suspension is ‘misreported nonsense’

The Independent UK

Burglary ‘too serious’ for police not to attend – new Met chief

Sir Mark Rowley said it is not acceptable that only half of reported burglaries in London are attended by an officer.

Evening Standard

Met police boss wants to hear from Scotland Yard’s critics

The head of the Met said he wants to hear from those who have been let down by the service, as he insisted “constructive anger” can bring about positive change.

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