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Police forces across England plan to respond to fewer mental health calls -- here's why

The Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark Rowley has announced that the London police force is to attend fewer mental health emergencies. As part of an approach called Right Care, Right Person, police officers will only respond to 999 mental health calls when there is an “immediate threat to life”. The new…

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Tories at 'jingle and mingle' Partygate bash could be stripped of honours, says minister

The lockdown-busting Christmas gathering was attended by failed London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey and campaign aide Ben Mallet who were given a peerage and OBE by Boris Johnson

Daily Mirror

Braverman’s call to ramp up stop and search ‘would cause further alienation’

Jim Gamble said police should not be ‘driven by a political agenda about being tough on crime’.

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Partygate: How will the new police investigation into Tory gatherings work and how long will it take?

Lengthy probe could see more questionnaires sent out and evidence from previous investigation re-assessed

The Independent UK

Mirror hands bombshell Partygate tape to Met Police as top cop suggests Tories face fines

Scotland Yard requested the damning video published by the Mirror that showed aides dancing, drinking and laughing at Covid rules at a bash in Conservative Party HQ

Daily Mirror

Covid fines likely after Partygate video from CCHQ emerges, Met Police chief suggests

In footage obtained by The Sunday Mirror, Conservative staff appear to be dancing and joking about Covid restrictions at the height of the pandemic

Evening Standard

Video of CCHQ Covid-era gathering tells ‘story way beyond the original photo’

In footage obtained by The Sunday Mirror, Conservative staff appear to be dancing and joking about Covid restrictions at the height of the pandemic.

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Met Police chief suggests MORE Tory Partygate fines likely after bombshell Mirror video

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said footage of a knees up at Tory HQ - published by the Mirror - told a much clearer story than a previously seen photograph

Daily Mirror

Met chief apologises for force’s treatment of LGBTQ+ people

Sir Mark Rowley makes apology in letter to activist Peter Tatchell, and says there is still ‘much for us to do’

The Guardian - UK

Met Police chief in ‘historic first’ apology over LGBT+ victimisation

Sir Mark Rowley has said ‘sorry to all of the communities we have let down’ for the force’s homophobic failings

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: The Met’s apology to LGBT+ people is welcome, but incomplete

It IS a welcome apology. In a letter to the campaigner Peter Tatchell, the head of the Metropolitan Police has said sorry for historic failings towards the LGBT+ community.

Evening Standard

Head of UK's biggest police force says sorry for past treatment of LGBTQ+ community

The head of Britain’s biggest police force has apologized for the department's past treatment of the LGBTQ+ community

The Independent UK

Met Police chief says sorry for past LGBT+ failings in ‘ground-breaking step’

The #ApologiseNow! campaign was supported by the late television star Paul O’Grady before his death in March.

The Independent UK

Met officers accused of not assisting in inquiry of man who drowned in Thames

The family of Oladeji Omishore, who died soon after being Tasered by an officer, launches legal action against police watchdog

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Daily Mirror

'Axeing mental health calls is a cop-out - they can't STOP and abandon people'

The Metropolitan Police will stop answering mental health callouts to 'focus on fighting crime' - but years of underfunding the NHS and social services have led to this

The Week

Quiz of The Week: 28 May - 2 June

The Conservative Party has found itself embroiled in yet another controversy this week as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces accusations of a “cover-up” as he sought to block the Covid inquiry’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks.

The Guardian - UK

Met police plan to stop attending most mental health calls prompts concern

Mental health leaders say among other issues strategy risks excluding people with protected characteristics

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Met is right to call the Government’s bluff on mental health funding

Police in Britain have a wide remit — they are relationship counsellors, playground attendants, debt advisers, dispute invigilators and speaking clocks, called to resolve anything from a flooded street to a neighbour playing music late at night.

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The debate over police and mental health crisis care

The Metropolitan Police will no longer attend emergency calls linked to mental health incidents from later this year, the force’s commissioner has confirmed.

The Guardian - UK

How Humberside police’s pioneering policy on mental health calls paid off

The force is attending fewer incidents and has the best arrest rates in the country – and now the Met is copying its approach

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: The Met police is taking a step back from mental health crisis care – but who steps in?

In today’s newsletter: From September the force will stop attending to non-urgent mental health care calls – but should they? And who else steps in if they don’t?

Daily Mirror

Met Police plans to cut back on attending mental health callouts branded 'ridiculous'

Head of Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, says officers should be focused on fighting crime but this view has left people "alarmed" for those needing mental health assistance

The Independent UK

More time needed to fill gap left if Met cuts mental health response – RCP chief

Sir Mark Rowley has written to health and social care services to say police will no longer attend after August 31 unless there is a threat to life.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Met’s mental health ultimatum: a deadline is not a solution

Sir Mark Rowley is right that mentally ill people should not be looked after by police officers. Ministers, not health workers, are to blame

The Guardian - UK

Met plan to stop mental health response will leave thousands ‘without support’

Health groups raise alarm after Sir Mark Rowley says he will order officers not to attend 999 calls about mental health incidents

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