Met Police misconduct settlements double in past year Politics The Metropolitan Police has paid out £7.6m to settle misconduct claims in the past year, over double the 2022-23 total, as the force looks to resolve hundreds of claims involving instances of wrongdoing by officers.
We’d drink to the departure of Amy Lame, but all the pubs are shut Opinion Good riddance to Amy Lame, Sadiq Khan’s useless ‘night czar’ who did nothing to tackle the regulation strangling London’s pubs, bars and nightclubs, writes Elliot Keck The United States has been responsible for furnishing us with many of the most iconic soundbites for free-market and small state advocates. Milton Friedman’s “nothing is so permanent as [...]
What can Britain learn from El Salvador about policing the riots? Opinion El Salvador’s president has transformed his country’s fortunes and won an electoral landslide with his zero-tolerance approach to gangs. We should take a similar approach to the hardened criminals involved in the riots, says James Price Mercy, justice, grace. Heavy themes for a Wednesday morning, more often dealt with from the pulpit than the pages [...]
Emergency move to avoid jail overcrowding may be used soon as rioters sentenced August 18, 2024 The government could trigger an emergency plan to avoid prison overcrowding “at some point next week” as rioters are sentenced, according to the Prison Officers’ Association. It followed reports in The Observer that the government could be about to trigger Operation Early Dawn. The long-standing contingency measure allows defendants to be held in police cells [...]
Southport: Protesters clash with police as ministers to discuss disorder August 3, 2024 Riot police have been involved in face-offs with protesters across the UK as ministers are expected to meet to discuss the potential for further widespread disorder.
The Met have become the anti-fun police July 15, 2024 Absence of big screens and anti-social behaviour orders preventing people cheering the England team exemplify the Scrooge-like mentality that’s gripped London, says Mimi Yates I might not be the world’s biggest football fan – but I clearly care more about it than Amy Lame. Like many, I watched Sunday night’s European Championship Final to support [...]
Military horses bolt through London again as dramatic moment caught on dash cam July 1, 2024 The British Army and Metropolitan Police said six animals were now safely taken back, but not before crashing into a vehicle near Victoria and Pimlico.
‘Labour Party member’ arrested as police probe honeytrap plot June 26, 2024 A man understood to be a member of the Labour Party has been arrested as part of a police probe into a sexting scam that targeted political figures.
Sadiq Khan ‘can’t say’ if racism would have put him off politics June 26, 2024 Sadiq Khan has said he "can't unequivocally say" whether knowing about the extent of racism he would face in politics would have put him off.
Election 2024: Labour suspends candidate after Gambling Commission probe June 25, 2024 A Labour candidate has been suspended by the party after the Gambling Commission launched an investigation into him.