Met commissioner job advert flags need to right ‘serious failings’ of force

New chief replacing Cressida Dick must restore public confidence' particularly among women and ethnic minorities

Ministers and London's mayor have delivered a withering assessment of the state of the Metropolitan police in a job advert for a new commissioner to urgently root out the wrongdoing that is sapping public confidence.

A job advert has been published to replace Cressida Dick, who quit in February after Sadiq Khan lost faith in her ability to drag the force out of a series of scandals, with the Home Office declining to save her.