The Latest Breaking News from The Metropolitan Police

Ministers have confirmed a pause in possible public contract bans for seven firms ‘to prevent any impact on criminal investigations’

The group said the Government ‘failed to do its basic due diligence’ in engaging with police and prosecutors before announcing its own investigation.

The Cabinet office confirmed in February that seven companies were facing possible bans.

Street festival gets bailout from City Hall and two councils but there’s dismay that Government has declined to help

Britain has too much crime because it has too many police forces, apparently. But don’t fret, Britons, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has had A Big Idea. Sir Mark Rowley, chief of the ever-showered-in-glory Metropolitan Police, has proposed a radical overhaul of the make-up of police forces. What…

A 24-year-old man was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of vandalism, the Metropolitan Police said.

Sir Mark Rowley said the law would be enforced ‘whether you’re 18 or 80’ after Sue Parfitt was held at a protest in support of Palestine Action

Amithraz Balgobin, 36, was charged with murder and possession of Class A and Class B drugs on Sunday.

Sir Mark Rowley said the cost across the country is around £70million

Partey, who became a free agent on July 1, has been under investigation since July 2022.

There were 455,768 offences recorded by the Metropolitan Police from January to June 2025