'Pensions paid to dead police'

An audit discovered the families of 12 former Met Police employees may have failed to notify the force of the officers' deaths and continued to receive their pension payments.

Police pensions are among the most generous in the public sector and dwarf those available to millions of other workers.

Old-style deals allowed officers to stop work after 30 years' service on two-thirds of their final salary, as well as receive a large lump sum.