I was relieved when Sir Ian Blair was appointed as Metropolitan Police Commissioner in 2005. He was known as a moderniser, a liberal-minded person in an illiberal organisation... more
When head of the Met, Sir Ian Blair, walked into the Mayor's office last October, he saw a far tougher side to the usually ebullient Boris Johnson... more
A senior civil servant at the Home Office has opened a major rift with Mayor Boris Johnson over the resignation of Met police chief Sir Ian Blair... more
David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo have them. Will Young danced around his. Even former Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has been seen out strolling with one... more
The Met has the same number of senior black and ethnic minority officers as it did 10 years ago when it was accused of institutional racism over the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation... more
London’s policing has been dogged by a lack of leadership – now Sir Paul must tackle the vested interests that let down his force and fail us all ... more
WHATEVER the result of today's interviews for a new Metropolitan Police Commissioner to succeed Sir Ian Blair, London will get an able, experienced and highly competent police chief... more
The former Metropolitan Police Commissioner has come under attack after it was revealed he had kept a riverside “grace and favour” flat worth nearly £1 million despite quitting his job last month
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The Damian Green scandal has once again thrown Scotland Yard into chaos, bringing into question the suitability of Sir Paul Stephenson as front-runner for the top job. Now the focus shifts to a Met veteran with strong security credentials... more
Sir Ian Blair warned today that the ability to provide a first-class police service was threatened by the "breaking down of political and media consensus".... more
The beleaguered Met Commissioner leaves office tomorrow. What we need in his place is a solid, reassuring figure who will talk about crime and get the public back on side... more
She was incandescent when Mayor Boris forced out Met Chief Sir Ian Blair. But, as we reveal today, the Home Secretary has won the first round in the battle to appoint his successor... more
Boris’s deputy mayor for policing, Kit Malthouse, explains the thinking behind the Mayor’s new knife crime initiative – and who he believes is the best officer to succeed Sir Ian Blair... more
Yesterday, Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, expressed his frustration that when the police arrest people who carry knives in public, so few of them are sent to prison by the courts... more
I like the Met - and I don't mean that with a trace of sarcasm. On the whole it does a good job of policing a vast, tough, often anarchic city. It does it - by and large - without firearms, and it does it - by and large - with the consent of the citizens. This is why I take its cock-ups so very seriously... more
A call by Met Commissioner Sir Ian Blair for celebrities who are filmed apparently taking drugs to be put on trial prompted an angry response from Britain's chief prosecutor... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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