London households to be hit with Council Tax increase – to pay for new Met officers January 18, 2023 London households are set to be hit with higher Council Tax in 2023 in part to pay for more Metropolitan Police officers. Sadiq Khan announced this morning that he was proposing a £38.55 increase on the average Band D house in the capital. He has the power to put top-up ‘precepts’ on local council bills [...]
More abuse cases could come out of the Met after shocking Carrick crimes, Home Secretary warns January 17, 2023 More shocking cases of abuse and sexual violence could come to light in the Metropolitan Police, the Home Secretary said this afternoon. Suella Braverman told the House of Commons it was “imperative” the police force double down on their vetting processes after Met Police Officer David Carrick pleaded guilty to 49 offences across two decades, [...]
David Carrick failures see the Met betray the trust of Londoners – again January 16, 2023 A failure of leadership? A broken culture? An abject lack of responsibility? All three seem evident at the Metropolitan Police – an organisation which has lost the trust of Londoners. Yesterday’s lurid details of the crimes of David Carrick – a serial rapist who used his warrant card to win the trust of his victims [...]
David Carrick: Sunak and Khan concerned about trust in Met after serial-offender Pc admits 49 offences, 24 rapes January 16, 2023 The Prime Minister and Sadiq Khan have renewed concerns about trust in the Metropolitan Police after it was revealed that a serving Metropolitan Police officer admitted 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape. Rishi Sunak and the London Mayor’s comments come after the Met was forced to apologised to victims for Pc David Carrick, who [...]
Partygate: Boris Johnson joked staff were at ‘the most unsocially distanced’ gathering according to bombshell report January 11, 2023 Boris Johnson allegedly joked at a boozy No 10 leaving do during the coronavirus pandemic that staff were at “the most unsocially distanced party in the UK”. The claims will put the former prime minister under further pressure as he faces a parliamentary investigation into whether he misled MPs over the so-called partygate scandal. A spokesman for [...]
Uranium detected in package at Heathrow as terror police vow to ‘follow every avenue’ – but where did it come from? January 11, 2023 Counter-terrorism investigators will “follow every avenue” to discover how material contaminated with a radioactive substance came to be found at Heathrow Airport. Uranium was detected during routine screening of a package at the airport on December 29, that according to the Sun had originated in Pakistan and arrived on a flight from Oman. The newspaper reported [...]
Police called as two protestors scale Home Office building December 15, 2022 Two protestors have scaled the Home Office building in central London. The Metropolitan Police announced they were called just before 6.30am to reports of the disturbance. It confirmed to City A.M. protestors were from the Animal Justice group. This comes after at least four migrants died in the English Channel yesterday amid criticism of the [...]
Tories suspend whip from MP Julian Knight ‘following complaint to Met Police’ December 7, 2022 The Conservatives have suspended the whip of MP Julian Knight following a complaint to the Met Police. A spokesperson for the Government Chief Whip said: “Following a complaint made to the Metropolitan Police this evening, we have removed the Whip from Julian Knight MP with immediate effect.” He is the the MP for Solihull and chair [...]
Police ‘less likely’ to arrest Just Stop Oil activists using slow march tactic December 6, 2022 Just Stop Oil demonstrators marched through the Square Mile bringing it to a standstill today, with police saying it is “less likely” to arrest them due to their new tactics. The environmental group marched slowly along Old Kent Road through the City and to South London, followed by three vehicles and 10 officers. In the [...]
Just Stop Oil protests should not justify carte blanche powers to the police December 5, 2022 You would need the patience of a saint, or a dyed-in-the-wool eco-warrior, not to have been even slightly irritated by the recent activities of Just Stop Oil protestors. Whether it’s young people throwing soup over some of the world’s most valuable paintings or twenty-eight-year-old Indigo Rumbelow reduced to yelling at a television interviewer, these are [...]