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Live facial recognition: 3.5 million faces scanned, Black Londoners still disproportionately flagged

In 2025, more than 3.5 million Londoners’ faces were scanned by the Metropolitan Police — resulting in just 1,010 arrests,

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LGBT+ people less satisfied with Met Police in almost all areas

LGBT+ people have been less satisfied with the Metropolitan Police Service than their non-LGBT+ counterparts since June 2020. LGBT+ individuals

Jeremy Corbyn joins Tower Hamlets Unity Demo against racism and the far right

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn joined the Tower Hamlets Unity Demo in Whitechapel, calling the event ‘historic’ after the Met

Study warns Met Police’s live facial recognition tests are little more than ‘show trials’

The UK is facing the largest expansion of live facial recognition across civil society, a study has revealed. The research

Twickenham Councillor disputes the shutdown of Twickenham 24/7 police counter

The Councillor of Twickenham Riverside ward sheds light on concern that born of the shutdown of Twickenham’s 24/7 police counter.

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Number of residential burglaries in London lowest in a decade

The number of residential burglaries in London has decreased by 70% in the last decade, from 114,437 in 2015 to 33,868 last year.

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Police facial recognition technology causes discomfort in Wandsworth

Tooting residents expressed mixed reactions to the Met Police’s new live facial recognition technology, installed outside Tooting Broadway station on

Campaigners call for change as half of strip searches result in no action

Half of all strip searches result in no further police action, data published by the Metropolitan Police Service shows.  Of

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Serving Met Police officer dismissed after alleged sexual assault

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been dismissed without notice after an allegation of sexual assault.  A misconduct hearing which

Six charged with membership of banned Kurdish militant group

Six people have been charged with being members of a proscribed terrorist group, the Met Police say.  Turkan Ozcan, 59,

What more can be done to bring stalking and harassment rates down in London?

The Minister for Safeguarding, Jess Phillips, recently announced that victims of stalking will now be told the identity of their

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