Cressida Dick to leave Met police earlier than planned, says Priti Patel
by Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5XJXQ)
Home secretary says deputy commissioner Sir Stephen House will cover until successor appointed
Cressida Dick's tenure as the Metropolitan police commissioner will end next month, the government has said, with continued wrangling over a payoff and an inquiry announced into why she decided to resign.
The home secretary, Priti Patel, announced Dick's five years as Britain's top police officer would end in April, with the process to find a replacement to pull the Met out of crisis expected to start imminently.
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