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Met Police chief Mark Rowley issues stark warning over government plan to let out prisoners early

Sir Mark Rowley said his force spent huge resources on Tuesday hunting for 'machete attack' teenager released on bail in London

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Police carrying ‘scar tissue’ of austerity, says Met chief in bid for more cash

Sir Mark Rowley is one of six senior police officers who have publicly called on the Government to provide ‘serious investment’.

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Matt Jukes confirmed as new deputy commissioner of the Met Police

Britain’s counter terror chief is currently acting in the role since the retirement of Dame Lynne Owens

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Sadiq Khan’s policing deputy unable to say how many police stations will shut

Kaya Comer-Schwartz came under scrutiny as the Metropolitan Police prepares to cut 1,700 staff

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Met police officer accused of pinching female colleagues waist in work gym 'fat test'

Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley wants a fresh misconduct hearing for the accused officer

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Two top job openings in UK policing get one applicant each

Candidates for Merseyside chief constable and Met deputy commissioner set to be appointed without competition

The Guardian - UK

Knife crimes and violence against women may surge without more funding, warns Met Police chief

Sir Mark Rowley’s force is facing a tidal wave of offending with a million crime a year, according to experts

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Police chiefs granted powers to automatically sack officers who fail background checks

Calls to change police vetting procedures began after a report into the murder of Sarah Everard in 2021

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'Glaring gap in law closed': Met Police hail new rules as officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked

Police chiefs will be able to sack officers deemed unfit to serve from next month under rules announced by Home Office

Evening Standard

Police officers who fail background checks to be automatically sacked

Move designed to restore public confidence will give police chiefs stronger powers to get rid of rogue officers in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Police officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked under new rules

Measures will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday which will make it a legal requirement for serving officers to pass vetting procedures.

Evening Standard

Met Police to cut 1,700 officers and staff amid shock funding fears

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan confirms Royal Parks unit will be disbanded - despite fierce opposition from councils and victims

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Fury erupts over Met Police review into its funding of black, disabled and female staff unions

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley wants to know if it efficient to divert full-time resources

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Sadiq Khan urged to protect Royal Parks Police from cuts

‘Armed, organised criminal gangs are already targeting Londoners in the Royal Parks’, the mayor was told at a City Hall meeting

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Met Police Deputy Commissioner Dame Lynne Owens announces her retirement after 35 years

Dame Lynne will retire after 35-year career holding some of the most senior positions in British policing

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Met Deputy Commissioner Dame Lynne Owens to retire

The 56-year-old was brought in to help clean up the London force at arguably one of the most troubled times in its history.

Evening Standard

Met Police hired more than 1,000 officers without checking references

Sources have told the Sunday Times that the Met Police did not properly check references and many were never chased up once a recruit joined the force

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Met Police’s new gang database still ‘racist’ for targeting young black Londoners, claims charity

Amnesty UK’s chief Sacha Deshmukh accused officers of ‘supercharging racism’ after 870 black names added - three times more than whites

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Met Police still facing ‘substantial tough choices’ over cuts despite £83m windfall

Funding rises from local and central government are not enough to plug the budget gap, the Metropolitan Police has warned

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Met police cuts will be 'substantially scaled back' says Sadiq Khan after £83m council tax windfall

Mayor’s pledge comes as seven more London boroughs announce council tax hikes from April

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Pictured: Lino Di Maria, the Met sergeant at the centre of police vetting storm

Sgt Di Maria won a High Court challenge to avoid being sacked - plunging Scotland Yard into a crisis that could see ‘rogue’ officers return

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Met officers facing sack over school strip-search of Child Q revealed

Constables Kristina Linge, Victoria Wray and Rafal Szmydynski will appear before a three-week gross misconduct hearing starting on June 2

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Met Police chief hits out at 'ridiculous' waste of money after force loses vetting case

Force faces having to spend £2m a year employing officers who cannot pass vetting after court ruling

The Guardian - UK

Met police chief blames Home Office failures after vetting ruling on rogue officers

Mark Rowley says officials have ‘dragged their feet’ over changing rules so forces can sack unfit officers

Evening Standard

Rowley: Officials ‘dragging feet’ over calls for powers to sack rogue officers

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley blamed the Home Office for failing to introduce strengthened rules.

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