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Who is Cressida Dick's partner as first LGBT Metropolitan Police Commissioner resigns

Dame Cressida Dick is the first openly gay Commissioner of the Met Police, as well as the first woman. Her appointment was significant, but a loss of confidence means she is now stepping down

Daily Mirror · Feb 11, 2022

Five frontrunners that could replace Cressida Dick as families blast Met Police chief

Dame Cressida announced on Thursday she would be stepping down after losing the backing of London Mayor Sadiq Khan in the wake of a series of scandals during her tenure leading

Daily Mirror · Feb 11, 2022

PSNI chief Simon Byrne named among favourites to succeed Cressida Dick as Met Police Commissioner

Mr Byrne has been PSNI chief constable since May 2019

Belfast Live · Feb 11, 2022

Cressida Dick: Six scandals that brought down Met Police commissioner

Met Police commissioner Cressida Dick has stepped down from her role following a series of scandals which have rocked the force.

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2022

Cressida Dick: Met police chief left with ‘no choice’ but to stand down – as it happened

Dame Cressida Dick says she is to step aside as commissioner of the Metropolitan police after series of scandals damages trust in force

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2022

Dame Cressida Dick forced to quit Met Police after string of Scotland Yard scandals

London mayor Sadiq Khan forced out Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick over failures to 'root out racism, sexism and homophobia', just hours after she vowed to stay

Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2022

Met Police officer ‘asked 15-year-old girl if she had a boyfriend at meeting in park’

A Met Police officer asked a 15-year-old girl if she had a boyfriend after getting her to meet him in a park when she finished school, a court has heard.

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2022

Dozens of teenage girls trafficked and exploited in first ever modern slavery fraud case

Criminal gang recruited at least 30 vulnerable girls and used them to carry out fraud in retail stores to make £500,000 in profit while treating them ‘like cattle’

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2022

Met Police Chief Cressida Dick says she is 'leading transformation' and won't quit

Scotland Yard is facing a barrage of criticism, from claims of a culture of misogyny and racism to the force's initial failure to investigate rule-busting parties at Downing Street

Daily Mirror · Feb 10, 2022

Cressida Dick: I have ‘no intention’ of resigning as Met Police boss

Met Police boss says she was ‘seething angry’ over the sexism and racism, and that she was determined to bring change

Evening Standard · Feb 10, 2022