Met chief 'must commit to change'

SADIQ KHAN today demanded that the new Metropolitan police chief be a "reforming commissioner" committed to a root-and-branch transformation of the force's culture.

- Ross Lydall

The Mayor, in a speech at City Hall, said he owed it to murder victims such as Sarah Everard and Stephen Lawrence to deliver major change at Scotland Yard after a series of scandals that left him "sick to the stomach".

The intervention came as the race to succeed

Dame Cressida Dick has reportedly been reduced to a shortlist of two - Sir Mark Rowley, a former head of counter-terrorism at the Met, and Nick Ephgrave, an assistant commissioner.

Mr Khan, as the police and crime commissioner for London, has to be consulted on the choice of commissioner by Home Secretary Priti Patel.

His speech is likely to be viewed as him seeking to use his political mandate - following his re-election as mayor last year to ensure his favoured candidate gets the job.