Metropolitan Police cannot dismiss officers or staff it deems unsuitable as a result of removal of their vetting clearance, ...

"But today’s ruling on the law has left policing in a hopeless position. "We now have no mechanism to rid the Met of officers ...

A Metropolitan Police officer accused of rape has won a High Court judicial review against his dismissal leaving efforts to ...

In a dramatic High Court ruling, the Metropolitan Police's power to dismiss officers by revoking vetting clearance has been ...

Following the ruling, Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said it was “possible” sacked officers could return to the force. He said officers such as Sergeant Lino Di Maria will remain on vetting special ...

Sgt Di Maria joined the police in 2004, passed his last vetting clearance in 2017 but that expired some months ago. He ...