Yvette Cooper responds to HMICFRS report the Met Police

Yvette Cooper MP, Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, responding to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) report into the Metropolitan Police Service’s counter-corruption arrangements and other matters related to the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel, said:

"This is a highly critical report on a very serious issue. People need to have confidence that high standards in policing are always maintained and that corruption is challenged at every level. It is clear that serious reforms are needed, and the new Met Commissioner must make instituting these reforms a top priority.

“The Met must implement all the recommendations in this report but we also need to see a stronger response from the Home Office to ensure that policing standards rise because confidence and standards are hugely important for the vital work the police do every day to keep us safe."