Cameron set up Leveson to take heat off Coulson hiring, says ex-police chief
Former police chief claims that the prime minister seized on an idea floated by Rebekah Brooks, according to the latest extract of the book by Lord Ashcroft
March 2013
Greenslade
After Leveson: why the police and the press should never get too cosy
Roy Greenslade
Roy Greenslade presents a further extract from After Leveson. It's by Duncan Campbell, the crime reporters' crime reporter
July 2012
Scotland's national police force: contenders for chief constable
Strathclyde and Grampian chief constables are in the running for the £208,100 position
April 2012
Former Met police chief lands first board role
Greenslade
Leveson inquiry: should newspapers be pro-police and pro-army?
Roy Greenslade
March 2012
Leveson inquiry told hacking investigations could cost up to £40m
Deputy mayor says 200 Met police officers could be tied up investigating allegations related to phone hacking. By Hélène Mulholland
Met police are warned against 'cosy relationships' with press
Report in wake of phone hacking scandal says contact between officers and journalists has 'not been transparent enough'. By Caroline Davies
Met police given new guidelines on meeting journalists - video
Elizabeth Filkin, the former parliamentary commissioner for standards, sets out a new framework for the way Metropolitan police officers meet journalists
Met police warned over drinking with journalists
Report warns of risks of 'flirty reporters' and calls for an end to traditional chats between police and reporters in pubs. By Caroline Davies and Lisa O'Carroll
November 2011
Scotland Yard deputy to leave post
Tim Godwin becomes sixth senior figure to depart this year after failing in bid to become Metropolitan police commissioner
September 2011
The new Met commissioner is facing a multi-headed monster of a job
Dave Hill
Dave Hill: Public mistrust, budget cuts, political pressures, a tinderbox on the streets… welcome to London, Bernard Hogan-Howe
August 2011
Our myopic faith in British police supremacy must end
Ian Birrell
Ian Birrell: Poor leadership, bungled cases, alleged corruption, death of innocent people – the charge sheet is now too long to ignore
Who will be the next Metropolitan police commissioner?
Acting deputy Bernard Hogan-Howe seen as government favourite while acting commissioner Tim Godwin also to apply
The Friday interview
The networker who made Champneys' name
Spa owner Stephen Purdew likes to be generous to newspaper editors, sports stars ... and sometimes policemen. They give the place a buzz, he tells Simon Bowers
July 2011
No 10 boss attended Scotland Yard dinner with ex-NoW deputy Neil Wallis
Details of all contacts between ministers and News International reveal that Wallis and Ed Llewellyn, the chief of No 10 staff, attended a dinner hosted by Sir Paul Stephenson
