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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

Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

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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

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

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.

The Independent UK · Feb 25, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2025

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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

Evening Standard · Feb 18, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Feb 18, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Feb 13, 2025

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

Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025

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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025

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Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025

Who is Lino Di Maria? The Met police officer at the centre of the High Court vetting case

Sgt Di Maria’s past history of sexual allegations meant he couldn’t continue in role, say force

Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025

OPINION - High Court decision on sacking 'rogue' Met officers places force in a ludicrous position

Commissioner now needs strong backing from the government to continue the mission of banishing officers who simply should not be in the job

Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025

Furious Met Police chief reacts to bombshell officer vetting ruling: 'It's absurd'

Sir Mark Rowley called on the Government to take action after a High Court ruling that the force cannot sack officers by removing their vetting

The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

‘Absurd’ Met Police cannot sack officers not fit to hold vetting – commissioner

Sir Mark Rowley called on the Government to take action after a High Court ruling that the force cannot sack officers by removing their vetting.

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The Independent UK · Feb 11, 2025

Policing in a ‘hopeless position’, Met chief warns after court rules officers cannot be sacked through vetting

Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said it is ‘absolutely absurd that we cannot lawfully sack’ officers subject to serious allegations

The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2025

Met vows to keep suspect officers away from public after court blocks their sacking

Commissioner says force in ‘hopeless position’ after being told to reinstate scores of officers who had failed its vetting

Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2025

Met Police ‘predators’ could return as force loses vetting case brought by ‘rapist’ officer

Home Office ‘acting rapidly’ to bring in new rules to help dismiss officers as Sir Mark Rowley warns it is ‘possible’ sacked officers could return to the force

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

Female Met Police staff at war with federation over legal battle to get ‘rape’ officer back in uniform

In an open letter, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is told Sergeant Lino Di Maria must be sacked

Evening Standard · Feb 5, 2025

Met Police spends over £53 million on pro-Palestine protests ‘instead of fighting crime’ in London

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley believes resources would be better used to combat phone snatches and violent crime

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025

No cuts to neighbourhood policing despite ‘stretched’ system – Met chief

Sir Mark Rowley, who heads the country’s largest police force, has previously warned of ‘eye-watering’ cuts to the force’s spending this year.

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2025

Met Police chief welcomes contempt of court review after Southport stabbings

Sir Keir Starmer defended the decision taken by authorities not to share information about the case earlier on.

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