Tuesday briefing: Breaking down the damning new 300-page report into the Met Police’s failures
In today's newsletter: The Casey report gives an in-depth look at the issues at the core of the capital's police force
Good morning.
The crisis faced by the Metropolitan police has only become more acute after publication of a damning report by Lady Louise Casey, released today, that finds the force has institutional problems with racism, misogyny and homophobia. The review was commissioned after the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard in 2021 by serving firearms officer Wayne Couzens. The 300-page report leaves no stone unturned, addressing the culture of bullying and harassment, and senior leadership's inability to adequately address the mounting number of scandals. It has also said that the Met should accept the finding of an inquiry from 2021 that deemed the force institutionally corrupt".
Climate crisis | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has delivered its final warning" on the climate emergency. The report took eight years, hundreds of scientists, runs thousands of pages long and has one clear message: act now or face irrevocable damage to the planet. There is still hope though, as the authors of the report stress that it is still possible to avoid the worst ravages of climate breakdown.
Brexit | According to party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the DUP will be voting against the government in this week's first parliamentary vote on the new Windsor framework for Northern Ireland. Donaldson said: There remain key areas of concern which require further clarification, reworking and change as well as seeing further legal text."
Strikes | Members of the RMT have voted to accept a 9% pay increase over two years, in a referendum that closed yesterday. The turnout of the vote was nearly 90%, with 74% voting for the offer, thereby ending their dispute with Network Rail.
Labour | Keir Starmer has been criticised for pledging to put in place a zero-tolerance approach to antisemitism and racism" without having transparent systems in place to tackle them. Martin Forde KC, the senior lawyer who carried out an inquiry into the party's culture, said you can't implement zero tolerance unless you're policing things fairly rigorously".
Banking | As the banking crisis continued to spread, shares in the regional First Republic bank based in San Francisco crashed more than 46% yesterday after reports that it may need to raise even more funds despite a $30bn bailout last week.
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