Boris Johnson defends Met chief after handling of Sarah Everard vigil

Prime minister joins policing minister in rejecting calls for Cressida Dick to stand down

Boris Johnson has insisted he has full confidence in Britain's most senior police officer, Cressida Dick, despite anger at her force's handling of a vigil for Sarah Everard at the weekend.

The prime minister said he was very concerned" about the images that surfaced from the event on Saturday night after Everard's death, but promised the government would make sure women felt properly heard and addressed" when they made complaints of sexual assault or harassment.