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 ...

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

I went to Marble Arch in order to ascend the newly-opened Marble Arch Mound, Westminster Council’s well-intended but ...

A History of the London Police Force’s Most Infamous Murder Cases, highlights surprising facts and key milestones and challenges faced by the London Metropolitan Police—from Charles Dickens ...

Police searching for a mother of three who disappeared more than five years ago have cordoned off two neighbouring properties. Joanne Sheen, 44, was last seen when she travelled from Fareham to ...

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Hundreds of staff at the Metropolitan Police will strike next month after their bosses threatened to dock their wages if they worked from home. Over 300 members of civilian staff working at the ...

Six people arrested as Tommy Robinson supporters and opponents face off - Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in prison in ...

Six people have been arrested after thousands of Tommy Robinson supporters marched in central London on Saturday, with some caught entering a counter-demo area, said the Met Police.