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Cressida Dick resignation: Home Office’s scramble to replace Met Police commissioner after shock departure

Cressida Dick called Priti Patel personally to inform her of her departure on Thursday afternoon.

The Independent UK

New Met Police chief must rebuild public trust in force says Patel

Dame Cressida Dick announced she was standing down after losing confidence of London Mayor Sadiq Khan.

The Independent UK

Sadiq Khan and Priti Patel at war over resignation of Cressida Dick

Pair clash after Met Police commissioner Dame Cressida Dick is forced out of top job

Evening Standard

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Cressida Dick resignation: Priti Patel says new Met Police commissioner must tackle ‘institutional issues’

Home secretary says she is committed to choosing the ‘right leader for the largest police force in the UK’

The Independent UK

Met police did not initially investigate No 10 parties because nobody admitted taking part, legal paper shows – as it happened

Metropolitan police did not investigate lockdown-breaching party claims because there was no social media footage, legal papers show

The Guardian - UK

Mayor faces backlash over ousting of Scotland Yard chief Cressida Dick

Dame Cressida’s departure leave a ‘void’ at the top of the Met, the London Assembly police and crime committee chairwoman warned.

The Independent UK

Cressida Dick: The runners and riders to replace the Met Police commissioner

With no clear frontrunner to replace Dame Cressida, here is a look at some of the likely options

Evening Standard

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Tensions between Home Secretary and London Mayor as Met Police chief quits

Priti Patel will oversee the appointment of the new commissioner

Wales Online

‘Unprofessional’: Priti Patel and Sadiq Khan clash over shock resignation of Met police chief

Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick quit the Metropolitan Police after losing the support of Sadiq Khan over her plan to reform the force.

The Independent UK

What is the process for appointing Dame Cressida Dick’s successor?

Sir Ed Davey has called for Boris Johnson to ‘publicly recuse’ himself from the decision, in which it is understood he has no formal role.

The Independent UK

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

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

‘I feel so helpless’: Home Office blocks vulnerable children from reuniting with refugee sister in UK

Priti Patel’s ‘safe and legal routes’ brought into question after refugee Yasmin Jamal told her orphan siblings suffering abuse in Ethiopia cannot join her in London

The Independent UK

Covid news: Spain drops mandatory use of face masks outdoors; UK reports another 66,638 daily cases – as it happened

Face coverings still required in indoor public spaces in Spain; UK records 66,638 daily infections and 206 Covid-linked deaths

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Wales Online

Home Secretary Priti Patel declares change in UK’s national terrorism threat level

The Home Secretary has reduced the threat level to 'substantial'

Daily Mirror

UK national terrorism threat level changed, Home Secretary announces

Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that the UK's terrorism threat level has been reduced from severe to substantial, which means an attack is now considered likely instead of highly likely

The Independent UK

Public warned against complacency as terror threat level is reduced

Home Secretary Priti Patel said people should remain alert as an attack was still likely.

The Independent UK

UK terror threat level lowered but attacks still ‘likely’

Reduction is ‘positive but must never make us complacent’, Priti Patel says

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Reuters

UK terrorism threat level reduced from severe to substantial

Britain's national terrorism threat level has been reduced from severe to substantial, interior minister Priti Patel said in a written statement to parliament.

Evening Standard

UK terrorism threat level reduced from severe to substantial, Priti Patel confirms

It means that an attack is ‘likely’ rather than ‘highly likely’

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson and Priti Patel blasted by stats watchdog for using dodgy figures

The Prime Minister claimed the Government had been boasting that the Tories had cut crime by 14%. And the Home Office released seemingly positive crime figures last week that didn't include a number of offences

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson and Priti Patel rebuked by watchdog over ‘misleading’ claims crime has fallen

PM falsely claimed crime had fallen by 14 per cent while responding to Sue Gray report on No 10 parties

The Independent UK

Watchdog probes accusations PM and Patel falsely claimed drop in crime

Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have been reported to the UK Statistics Authority.

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel blasts Met Police's 'failure of leadership' in Charing Cross scandal

The Home Secretary told the Home Affairs Select Committee she had confidence in Dame Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan Police chief but has insisted a shake-up is needed.

The Independent UK

Government spending £1.2 million a day housing asylum seekers in hotels

Home Secretary Priti Patel said there was a challenge in finding homes for thousands of refugees.

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