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  • Monday, 27 March, 2023
    Nuala O'Loan
    The Met could learn from Northern Ireland’s police reforms

    When trust is ebbing away, action must follow

  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    There are glimmers of hope for reform after the exposure of rotten Met culture

    The successful transformation of Northern Ireland’s police service demonstrates that London can expect better from its disgraced force

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A last chance for the Metropolitan Police

    Scathing report finds the force is letting down Londoners and its own staff

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Met chief says London should see ‘month by month’ progress on policing

    Rowley pledges change after Casey review lays bare force’s institutional failings

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    London police force should be overhauled or broken up, says review

    Damning report finds Met to be ‘institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic’

  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Inside Politics
    Metropolitan Police: it’s now or never

    Louise Casey’s findings of institutional racism, homophobia and sexism are unsurprising. But this time, there is strong political consensus on reform

  • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
    UK crime
    Former Met police officer jailed for minimum of 30 years over series of rapes

    David Carrick raped and sexually abused 12 women over the course of 17 years

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    News in-depthUK police
    UK police face calls for better oversight after Met serial rapist case

    Shocking details of officer ‘hiding in plain sight’ have undermined public confidence in policing

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Harriet Johnson
    The Met has a culture of misogyny — to fix this, police must first admit it

    Case of David Carrick reveals a force which is rotten, but in denial about the scale of its problems

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    UK police
    Police in England face tougher vetting after serial rapist found in ranks

    Home Office moves to strengthen checks on officers in the wake of Met Police scandal

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    Braverman urged to shake up oversight of police after rape case

    Shocking revelations over serial rapist evading sanctions while in an elite unit

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    London police officer admits series of rapes and other sex crimes

    Metropolitan Police missed ‘numerous opportunities’ to remove David Carrick, who has pleaded guilty to 49 offences

  • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
    UK politics & policy
    UK to tighten anti-protest measures, despite criticism from rights groups

    Legal definition of ‘serious disruption’ to be broadened, allowing police to act earlier against demonstrations

  • Friday, 4 November, 2022
    Camilla Cavendish
    Sinister curbs on the freedom to protest are wrong

    Some activists are playing straight into the hands of a British government bent on introducing draconian new laws

  • Monday, 17 October, 2022
    Met chief calls for ‘radical overhaul’ of police force after damning review

    Rowley admits hundreds of officers should have been sacked after report finds wrongdoers escaping justice

  • Friday, 16 September, 2022
    London’s largest policing operation prepares for Queen’s funeral

    About 1mn people are expected in the UK capital on Monday, including foreign leaders and dignitaries

  • Friday, 16 September, 2022
    UK police
    Police watchdog to probe role of race in shooting of Chris Kaba

    Death of unarmed 24-year-old has reignited concerns of racism in London’s Met Police

  • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
    London’s Met Police suspends officer over shooting of unarmed black man

    Force takes action after public outcry to the death of Chris Kaba, as family criticise lack of urgency

  • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
    News in-depth
    Can London’s new Met Police chief fix the force’s problems?

    Sir Mark Rowley will be under intense pressure to stamp out a toxic culture and restore public trust

  • Friday, 8 July, 2022
    Mark Rowley named London Met Police commissioner

    Veteran officer faces challenge to rebuild confidence in the force following string of scandals within its ranks

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    Camilla Cavendish
    The time has come to purge the rot from Scotland Yard

    The Metropolitan Police is overwhelmed, badly run and beset by scandal, and only radical reform will win back public trust

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Inside Politics
    Who is to blame for Metropolitan Police failings?

    Kit Malthouse attacks mayor of London for being ‘asleep at the wheel’ but City Hall points to squeezed funding

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    London’s Metropolitan police put under special measures

    Scandals involving the capital’s force have had ‘chilling effect’ on public confidence, says watchdog

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Police defend integrity of probe into Downing Street lockdown breaches

    Acting Metropolitan Police commissioner says force investigated ‘without fear or favour’

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Johnson ‘unlikely’ to be forced out by partygate report

    Whitehall insiders say civil servant Sue Gray’s inquiry is not expected to end PM’s career

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