Met police culture problems ‘not just a few bad apples’, says acting head

Sir Stephen House calls for change in sacking procedures at home affairs select committee appearance

The acting head of the UK's biggest police force has admitted that cultural problems in the force are not a few bad apples" and called for a change in procedures to allow managers to speedily sack errant officers.

Sir Stephen House, who has temporarily taken over as commissioner of the Metropolitan police, also disclosed that there had been a lack of supervision in the police unit where Sarah Everard's murderer served.