Boris Johnson ally out of running for top NCA job amid cronyism row
Exclusive: Bernard Hogan-Howe has not reapplied after No 10 intervened over his initial non-selection
May 2022
Neil Basu’s bid for crime agency top job ends after alleged No 10 intervention
Boris Johnson faces backlash after pushing former Met chief for NCA role
April 2021
David Cameron to Lord Hogan-Howe: the figures hired by Greensill
We take a look at the political heavyweights employed to bolster Greensill Capital’s reputation
October 2019
Operation Midland: how the police fell for VIP abuse fantasist
The Met had vowed not to shy from historical sex abuse after the Jimmy Saville scandal
September 2019
Legalise cannabis, says Liberal Democrat candidate for London mayor
Siobhan Benita says the capital should make the move to tackle youth crime
February 2019
Police leader calls for laws to allow positive race discrimination
The Guardian view on Shamima Begum: return and face the consequences
February 2018
After the lessons of the 1990s satanic abuse panic, why was ‘Nick’ believed?
Catherine Bennett
The horror film tortures supposedly inflicted in Dolphin Square point up our continuing gullibility
January 2018
Why the secret handshake between police and Freemasons should worry us
Duncan Campbell
It is as clear as ever that membership of both bodies is incompatible with public service, writes the former Guardian journalist and freelance writer Duncan Campbell
June 2017
Simple numbers tell story of police cuts under Theresa May
As home secretary May made mistake Thatcher never made in the 1980s and agreed to Treasury demand to cut police budgets
May 2017
Public servant: my letter to the public
Being racially profiled as a teen spurred me on to become a police officer
Anonymous
I’m a ‘sell-out’ to some - but others say they wish more officers behaved like me during a stop and search. I joined the Met to make a difference from within
April 2017
New Met chief to attend PC Keith Palmer funeral on her first day in role
Cressida Dick will be in charge of UK’s largest police force and face tasks such as security during Donald Trump’s state visit
Cressida Dick: the Met’s new commissioner needs her wits about her
The first woman to lead the Metropolitan police will find her reputation for calmness and toughness being put to the test from day one
New Met police chief volunteers to be paid £40,000 less than predecessor
Cressida Dick, who begins job next week, to receive salary of £230,000, compared with £270,648 paid to Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe
February 2017
Cressida Dick appointed first female Met police commissioner
Met’s former head of counter-terrorism to take over from Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe as Britain’s top police officer
'She inspires confidence': Cressida Dick, the Met's first female commissioner
Dick returns to policing after time at the Foreign Office, bringing weight of her experience in counter-terrorism and operations
IPCC says it must consider prosecutions over armed police shootings
De Menezes family call for Cressida Dick to be barred from leading Met
Met chief: 'brutalised' Isis supporters soon to return to Britain
