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Police dogs face axe due to Met budget cuts, admits commissioner Sir Mark Rowley

Force has 230 police dogs for public order, search and rescue and drug raids

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025

Hugh Grant says police should investigate 'serious intrusion' by The Sun publisher in wake of Prince Harry settlement

‘We think that the CPS and the police should launch a new criminal investigation into this’

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2025

Police officer cuts could be partly reduced, London Assembly finds

An extra £78m in the mayor’s budget could ‘rescue’ almost 1,000 officer roles, a City Hall committee has found

Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025

Met officer’s ‘disastrous’ claim may prevent 300 rogue police being sacked, force warns

Sergeant Lino Di Maria lost his vetting clearance after allegations of rape, domestic abuse and sex in public car parks

Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2025

Met Police fights High Court battle for right to sack 'rogue' officers

A police officer with past allegations of rape is challenging the Met Police’s attempts to sack him

Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2025

‘Protests that were not allowed’: does Britain have a two-tier policing problem?

Freedom of information request reveals 21 of 24 marches banned in last 30 years were proposed by far-right groups

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2024

Met Police Commissioner warns force face 'steep budget cliff' as officers see 'ghastly' levels of violence

Sir Mark Rowley said he would be making “many tough choices”

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2024

Met Police funding boost to tackle protests but cash fails to plug reported shortfall

Scotland Yard and City of London Police will receive £255.2 million through the national and international capital city grant, a £65 million increase on 2024/25

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2024

Police chiefs claim cuts ‘inevitable’ in face of £1.3 billion funding gap

Ringfencing money for neighbourhood policing leaves chiefs unable to invest in other specialist services, the National Police Chiefs Council said.

Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2024

Police chiefs warn of possible cuts to officer numbers amid budget shortfalls

Ben-Julian Harrington, Chief Constable of Essex Police, said: ‘To put it bluntly, the books don’t balance.’

Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2024