BREAKING: Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick has resigned after being 'put on notice' by Sadiq Khan. trib.al/UyOBF9c
The commissioner – one of the most high profile police officers in the country – has endured a torrid few months due to various scandals engulfing the force.
In a statement, she said that London Mayor Sadiq Khan ‘no longer has sufficient confidence in my leadership to continue.' 
Dame Cressida has been criticised for the way the Met handled the murder of Sarah Everard by serving police officer Wayne Couzens, and accused of presiding over a toxic culture within the force after several officers were found to have sent racist and sexist messages.
Despite the scandals, just seven hours ago Dame Cressida told BBC London that she wouldn’t resign. metro.co.uk/video/met-poli…
The about-face appears to have come after Mr Khan told Dick that her plans to 'root out racism, sexism, homophobia, bullying, discrimination and misogyny' in the force weren't sufficient.
'It’s clear that the only way to start to deliver the scale of the change required is to have new leadership right at the top of the Metropolitan Police.’ metro.co.uk/2022/02/10/met…
Dame Cressida tried to strike a positive tone in her statement, stressing that ‘enormous transformational change’ is under way within the force.
But the tone fails to reflect growing anger with the Met over a series of key issues.
But the tone fails to reflect growing anger with the Met over a series of key issues.
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