Priti Patel’s search for new Met police chief could include overseas candidates

Home secretary is understood to be keen on outsider to head London force who could push through reforms

Could the UK's most powerful police officer be brought in from outside the force? Or might Priti Patel look even farther afield - to Australia, or even the United States - instead of recruiting from within Scotland Yard?

Reports this weekend claimed that the unexpected resignation of Cressida Dick, the head of the Metropolitan police, has driven the home secretary to look for an outsider to transform the force.