Khan ousted Cressida Dick to ‘deflect from his own failings’, says police union

Metropolitan Police Federation chair attacks London mayor and claims members have no faith' in him

Cressida Dick was ousted by London's mayor to deflect from his own failings, the chair of the Metropolitan Police Federation has said.

Ken Marsh, who leads the body representing rank-and-file officers in Britain's largest force, claimed his members had no faith" in Sadiq Khan, and needed to support any changes otherwise they would not work. He insisted the Metropolitan police commissioner had been reforming the force's culture before she was pushed out.