Police and Crime Commissioners failed to hold useless officers to account
Few will mourn the loss of Police and Crime Commissioners following the news that the government intends their abolition in…
When will the prisons minister face up to the jail crisis?
The latest episode in the rolling farce that is His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service was this week revealed to be yet another foreign-born…
The questions the Met must answer over the Graham Linehan debacle
Is the Met on an inadvertent campaign to make Nigel Farage the Prime Minister? Politically he is the only winner…
The Met must fix London’s street crime crisis
It’s a statement of the bleeding obvious: London is in the grip of a street crime epidemic. Between 2021 and 2024,…
The Met deserves credit for its robust response to Palestine Action
Palestine Action’s attempt to defy a ban on their protest outside parliament yesterday was one of the most vital tests…
Why won’t the Met Police deal with Palestine protestors blocking parliament?
Does the Metropolitan Police have more respect for the rights of aggressive protestors than it does for Parliament itself? That’s…
Two-tier justice is taking over the courts
Two years ago, few had heard of the term ‘two-tier justice’. Indeed, Ministers and leaders across the criminal justice system…
Has Mark Rowley made London safer?
Today marks a year since Sir Mark Rowley became Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. When Rowley took over, his predecessor Cressida Dick…
