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Met chiefs blamed for bad judgment over Green arrest

12.10.09
Catalogue of blunders involving police and Whitehall officials over the arrest of Tory MP Damian Green was revealed... more

Secrets of Damian Green arrest report blacked out

01.10.09
Report into arrest of Conservative MP Damian Green by has been heavily censored with some sensitive passages completely blacked out... more

Orde to lead police chiefs’ association

16.04.09
Northern Ireland police chief Sir Hugh Orde was announced as the new president of the Association of Chief Police Officers... more

Met chief quits with £80,000 pension to take up new £120,000 post

20.01.09
A senior Scotland Yard officer is to quit for a Home Office post which will see him collect a combined £200,000-a-year pay and pension package... more

Catalogue of police mistakes left Napper free to rape and kill

18.12.08
The killings by Robert Napper of Rachel Nickell, Samantha Bisset and Ms Bisset’s four-year-old daughter Jazmine might have been averted if police had not blundered in their response to a crucial phone call in November 1989. ... more

Scotland Yard urged to publish report into Damian Green arrest

17.12.08
Scotland Yard came under pressure to publish a report showing that serious mistakes were made in the raid on Tory MP Damian Green... more

Yard set to drop leaks case against Tory MP

15.12.08
The chances of the Damian Green affair ever coming to court receded after fresh claims that both Scotland Yard and prosecutors have real doubts about the Tory MP's arrest... more

Met to be criticised for 'unjustified' raid on Tory MP's homes

10.12.08
Scotland Yard is likely to be criticised by the independent police inquiry into the arrest of Tory MP Damian Green, the Standard has learned... more

More than one 'mole' in Home Office leaks

05.12.08
Police believe the civil servant at the centre of the Damian Green inquiry is responsible for only half of the Home Office leaks they are investigating... more

Apologise for police raid on MP 'or you're toast', Speaker told

03.12.08
Commons Speaker Michael Martin has been warned "say sorry or you're toast" over his failure to stop police raiding a senior MP's office... more

Met calls in outside force for ‘urgent review’ of MP’s arrest

02.12.08
The police investigation into Tory MP Damian Green has been thrown into doubt after being placed under an official review ... more

Ticking boxes and filling in forms is just no way to be a social worker

13.11.08
A former Haringey social worker says the lessons of Victoria Climbie have been submerged by Government-imposed bureaucracy and cash cuts... more

Tube crime plummets with knife scanners at stations

28.05.08
The number of violent crimes and robberies on London Underground have been cut after police deployed knife scanners at stations... more
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