The Met can’t be reformed. It must be abolished
From Jean Charles de Menezes to Sarah Everard, it is more concerned with covering up mistakes than protecting Londoners.
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The Met’s toxic subcultures are no accident
Unless policing is publicly accountable, it will remain as racist and misogynistic as it was with the officers in Charing…
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Why hasn’t the Metropolitan Police brought Boris Johnson in for questioning?
Scotland Yard is being sued over “politically driven” decision not to investigate claims of a Christmas party at No 10.
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Why I blew the whistle on the UK’s policing of protest
Ministers have promised a crackdown on protesters such as the Colston Four – starting with their new policing bill. Here’s…
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M is for Metropolitan Police: The murder of Sarah Everard shone a light on a troubling culture in the force
An annus horribilis for London’s police.
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New police guidelines are easy. Real change to protect women is hard
Why is there an emphasis on orders, vetting and frameworks while calls to recognise misogyny as a hate crime go…
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Peaceful protest is under threat from the new UK Policing Bill
It is unacceptable that the government’s response to recent demonstrations is to give the police more powers to stop them.
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“The justice system is failing too many women”: Robert Buckland on policing and MPs’ security
Boris Johnson’s levelling-up mission will falter unless he invests in law and order, says the former justice secretary.
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