28th September 2023 The expert group met in public for the first time on Tuesday and heard from Baroness Louise Casey and Sir Mark Rowley DAVE HILL The London Policing Board was appointed and is chaired by Sadiq Khan, as recommended by
Dave Hill: Conservatives need positive, pro-London policies to defeat Sadiq Khan
17th August 2023 Negative campaigning and stoking core vote ire will get the Tories only so far DAVE HILL Sadiq Khan will probably win next year’s mayoral election, but a surprise triumph for Susan Hall can’t be ruled out. Her
Dave Hill: Mark Rowley’s top task is to make sure good cops thrive
22nd March 2023 Louise Casey’s report on the culture of the Metropolitan Police has set out standards the Met Commissioner must make the service he leads meet without delay DAVE HILL “You can’t restructure your way out of a cultural
Dave Hill: Mark Rowley needs to sort out the Met from top to bottom
10th July 2022 The new commissioner faces challenges ranging from basic ineptitude to advanced bad attitudes DAVE HILL Mark Rowley, as anticipated, has been named the new commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and the one thing everyone agrees about is
Dave Hill: Met crisis handling smacks of further Johnson government power grab
30th June 2022 The more the Conservative national administration falls apart the more fit it believes it is to run the nation’s capital DAVE HILL The more its incompetence becomes apparent, the more convinced Boris Johnson’s government is that it
Dave Hill: Message to the Met – throw out your rubbish and do your job
15th February 2022 Gutter prejudices and misuse of power are at the extreme end of a spectrum of failures that undermine good policing at all levels DAVE HILL There is more than one reason to be concerned – to put
Dave Hill: ‘Partygate’ investigations are key test of trust in Met Police
25th January 2022 Londoners and others will be watching closely for policing “without fear or favour” DAVE HILL Cressida Dick prepared the ground with care before announcing that the Met will investigate a “number of” lockdown gatherings in Downing Street