Mayor says device to assess bruising to darker skin shows police have changed The devices, known as Project Archway, allow officers to better assess victims’ injuries, particularly on darker skin. Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2025
Groundbreaking technology to help police tackle violence against women The handheld device is the first of its kind to be developed The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2025
Met chief praises officers’ ‘extraordinary bravery’ responding to sword attacker Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, killed 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin with a samurai sword in Hainault, north-east London, on April 30 last year. Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2025
Police officers and Met chief express concerns over Notting Hill Carnival Sir Mark Rowley questioned if funding for extra stewards will be secured in time for late August, while an officers’ group called the event ‘unsafe’. The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2025
Notting Hill Carnival 'can't be fixed' if it remains unsafe, Met Police boss says Sir Mark Rowley questioned if funding for extra stewards will be secured in time for late August, while an officers’ group called the event ‘unsafe’ Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2025
Pro-Israel protesters threatened with arrest during heated Palestine Action demonstration Tensions were high on Monday as Palestine Action protesters clashed with police and two counter-protesters near Trafalgar Square Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2025
Met chief apologises to broadcaster Selina Scott over police response to her mugging The 74-year-old former news anchor said she felt ‘humiliated and angry’ after the incident. The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2025
Met chief apologises to broadcaster Selina Scott over police response after violent mugging The former news anchor, 74, said she felt ‘humiliated and angry’ after the incident Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2025
Palestine Action protesters clash with police as government confirms ban on group under anti-terror laws Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has decided to proscribe Palestine Action, following the group’s vandalism of two planes at an RAF base The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025
Protesters clash with police at Palestine Action demonstration The crowd surged towards police when officers tried to detain someone in Trafalgar Square. Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2025
Police ban Palestine Action from Parliament protest The group says it will move the protest elsewhere The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025
Palestine Action’s behaviour ‘totally unacceptable’, Chancellor says Rachel Reeves condemned Palestine Action ahead of an update from the Home Secretary to Parliament on Monday on the Government’s plan to ban the group. Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2025
Proscribing Palestine Action a terrorist group may be ‘escalation too far’ - Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti Baroness Shami Chakrabarti: It’s ‘one thing’ to be a threat to property, but it is ‘another thing altogether’ for a whole group to be proscribed as terrorists Evening Standard · Jun 23, 2025
Banning Palestine Action may be ‘escalation too far’, says Labour peer The concerns come as Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will update Parliament on Monday on the Government’s plan to ban Palestine Action. The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025
The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2025 Met Police head ‘shocked’ by protest backing pro-Palestine group after RAF base vandalism IN FULL
Evening Standard · Jun 22, 2025 Met chief ‘shocked’ at Palestine Action support protest as Home Secretary moves to ban group The Home Secretary will update Parliament on the Government’s plan to ban Palestine Action following its vandalism of two planes at an RAF base
The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2025 Met Police head ‘shocked’ at planned protest in support of Palestine Action The Government plans to ban Palestine Action following its vandalism of two planes at an RAF base
Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2025 Notting Hill Carnival safety: Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has 'significant concerns' London’s police chief warns clock is ticking as row continues over extra security cash
The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2025 Voices: It’s time every police force atoned for its homophobic witch hunts COMMENT: The formal apologies issued by 21 British chief constables for historic homophobia have strengthened community and trust, says Independent Pride List honoree, Peter Tatchell. But 24 other forces aren’t seeing why this is so crucial
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025 Greater Manchester Police chief refuses to apologise for past homophobia in ‘insult’ to LGBT+ community The force’s Chief Constable said it could ‘unfairly impugn’ the service of past officers to issue a sweeping apology for historic homophobia
Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025 Reeves slaps down Sadiq Khan for saying Met Police will have to impose cuts after spending review London mayor Sir Sadiq warns the capital will have fewer officers in a rare ‘red on red’ clash with the Labour chancellor
Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025 Spending Review: 'We'll make working people better off,' vows Reeves but fears grow that London will miss out The Chancellor stresses that health, security and the economy are her priorities for public spending
Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025 Londoners net Treasury £5,000 per head, new report reveals as Reeves and Khan in Spending Review clash Analysis by the House of Commons Library lays bare how dependent the UK is on the capital as its economic engine
Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2025 What London wants from the Spending Review as speculation grows Rachel Reeves set to snub capital A source close to Sadiq Khan said ministers ‘must not return to the damaging, anti-London approach of the last government’
The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025 Police will not have to pick and choose which crimes to investigate, says Reeves Senior police chiefs have written to the PM warning they will be forced to make difficult choices if spending cuts are announced next week.