The Latest Breaking News from Stephen Port

You could pause at any one of the 363 pages in Baroness Louise Casey’s report and find a detail, case study, or quote so extraordinary and chilling that you need reminding this is written about London’s police service.

London’s police force has lost the confidence of the people it serves because it is riven with institutional racism, misogyny and homophobia and doesn’t do enough to weed out bad officers, according to a withering report commissioned after a young woman was raped and killed by a serving officer

Baroness Doreen Lawrence, whose son Stephen was murdered by racists in 1993, said the force, Britain’s largest, is “rotten to the core”.

Sadiq Khan promises to hold force to account after report highlights institutional misogyny, racism and homophobia

Review by Baroness Casey finds the Metropolitan Police failed to protect the public from officers who abuse women

An independent review says London police have lost the confidence of the public because of deep-seated racism, misogyny and homophobia

A review by Baroness Louise Casey found the Metropolitan Police failed to protect the public from police officers who abuse women.

The family of one of Stephen Port’s victims said that an inquiry is needed to understand ‘how and why this force is failing people so badly’.

A damning report into the Metropolitan Police commissioned after Sarah Everard's murder has concluded that Britain's largest force is "broken" and should be abolished if it can't change

Crime dramas like Better, The Capture and Karen Pirie increasingly depict officers as corrupt. Given the scandals that have eroded confidence in British police, it’s no wonder

Evil killer Damien Bendall joins more than 60 other callous criminals serving whole-life sentences behind bars