The Latest Breaking News from Matt Twist

Live facial recognition cameras for Oxford Street as Met tells phone companies to act on mobile crime

Police want to ‘design out crime’ from soon-to-be pedestrianised street

Evening Standard · Mar 11

Met Police to slash mounted unit in cost-cutting measure

The historic unit will lose half its horses as Met force tries to plug a funding gap of around £260 million amid a rising number of protests

Evening Standard · Feb 25

Watchdog launches guidance to help tackle discrimination in uniformed services

The guidance aims to help armed forces, police, fire and rescue services improve their collection and analysis of workforce equality data.

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025

Notting Hill carnival in danger without ‘urgent funding’, says leaked letter

In letter to culture secretary, carnival’s chair says more money ‘essential’ to event’s future, but does not give a figure

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025

Senior Met Police officer sacked for second time after refusing drugs test will keep pension

Commander Julian Bennett entitled to lump sum of £400,000, plus index-linked £80,000-a-year

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025

Senior Met officer sacked for second time over refusing drugs test

Commander Julian Bennett was initially dismissed by a misconduct panel in October 2023 over the incident before his sacking was overturned.

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2025

Safety review of Notting Hill Carnival demanded after police fear crowd crush will cause 'mass casualty event'

Mayor Sadiq Khan urged to issue guidance for minimum number of stewards

Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2025

Met Police anti-corruption officer searched database for secrets on his Facebook date

Lee Wilkinson is the second professional standards constable found guilty of misconduct in a month

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2025

Man jailed for ‘deplorable’ email to Jess Phillips amid Musk criticism

Jack Bennett, from Seaton, Devon, was jailed for targeting Jess Phillips, Sir Sadiq Khan and Matt Twist, the assistant commissioner at the Met Police.

Evening Standard · Feb 18, 2025

Recluse who sent abusive and racist emails to Jess Phillips and Sadiq Khan jailed for 28 weeks

Jack Bennett targeted Jess Phillips, Sadiq Khan and Matt Twist, the Met Police assistant commissioner

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2025