http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-21196-ian-blair/topic-rss.do Ian Blair RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773524-de-menezes-compensation-cut-because-his-family-is-poor.do Family of Jean Charles de Menezes are set to receive a reduced compensation package from Scotland Yard because they are so poor, according to reports 2009-11-23T10:03:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23772259-top-policeman-opposes-tory-plan-for-local-chiefs.do One of Britain’s top policemen clashed with David Cameron over Tory plans for locally elected police chiefs 2009-11-20T10:42:43Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23763610-boris-had-to-sack-blair-but-he-could-still-play-a-role.do 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 2009-11-03T08:28:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23763232-boris-johnson-sacked-me-because-he-felt-threatened-says-sir-ian-blair.do 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 2009-11-02T09:11:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23711377-andy-hayman-i-deeply-regret-not-challenging-ian-blair-on-de-menezes.do The Met's former anti-terror chief Andy Hayman talks frankly of his fears, frustrations and failings 2009-06-24T17:12:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23704807-civil-servant-attacks-boris-johnson-over-ousting-of-sir-ian-blair.do 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 2009-06-08T09:19:26Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23701212-taking-pride-in-our-man-bags.do 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 2009-05-29T07:14:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23645863-lawrence-legacy-the-fight-against-racism.do 2009-02-18T09:39:18Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23645845-10-years-after-macpherson-the-met-is-still-short-of-blacks-and-asians-in-senior-jobs.do 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 2009-02-18T09:36:06Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23630973-hes-different-but-now-stephenson-must-really-change-the-met.do 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 2009-01-29T09:13:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23629942-new-met-chief-i-dont-want-to-be-a-celebrity.do The new head of the Met has insisted he has no intention of becoming a celebrity police officer 2009-01-28T08:14:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23627991-the-best-choice-for-the-met.do 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 2009-01-26T10:53:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23628065-straight-talker-versus-the-popular-tactician.do 2009-01-26T10:25:03Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23628074-outrage-at-1m-flat-for-sir-ian-blair.do 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 2009-01-26T10:38:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23603853-no-women-on-shortlist-to-become-next-met-chief.do Four senior police officers – none of them women – have been shortlisted to be the next Metropolitan Police Commissioner 2008-12-17T16:19:20Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23595044-is-sir-hugh-orde-the-man-to-restore-confidence-in-the-met.do 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 2008-12-01T09:57:45Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23593740-blair-on-blair-and-the-politics-of-policing.do 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". 2008-11-27T14:06:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23593331-goodbye-sir-ian-blair-we-wont-miss-you.do 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 2008-11-27T08:28:56Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23584745-sir-ian-the-gravy-train-and-a-very-public-failure.do The outgoing Met chief is the latest figure to benefit from absurd pay-offs in the state sector. It is the taxpayer who carries the cost 2008-11-11T08:21:55Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23584836-jacqui-smiths-revenge.do 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 2008-11-11T09:42:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23584350-fury-at-sir-ian-blairs-1m-pot-of-gold.do Sir Ian Blair is to get a pay-off worth £1million, it was revealed 2008-11-10T09:30:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23581203-malthouse-i-pray-every-day-there-is-not-another-teen-killing.do 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 2008-11-03T09:15:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23574515-also-in-the-running-for-top-police-job.do 2008-10-17T14:30:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23563250-a-tough-question-time-for-jacqui-smith.do 2008-10-03T08:53:26Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23563247-what-the-papers-say.do 2008-10-03T08:47:22Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23524858-yard-pays-out-37m-in-bonuses-to-its-officers.do Scotland Yard paid out nearly £37million in bonuses last year, it has been revealed 2008-08-01T14:38:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23524091-comment-knife-crime-and-the-courts.do 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 2008-07-31T08:51:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23522937-why-the-met-must-come-clean-about-its-cock-ups.do 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 2008-07-29T09:12:20Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23508155-rape-claims-soar-after-yard-appeal.do The number of rapes reported in London has risen by almost half in three months after a drive by police to urge more women to report attacks 2008-07-04T08:09:21Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23491221-met-chief-in-kate-moss-drugs-storm.do 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 2008-06-06T09:30:46Z