City Hall scraps Met Police deal with Palantir City Hall has blocked a £50 million contract over a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter / 21 May 2026
'Treating us all as suspects' - Doubts over success of Met Police’s Live Facial Recognition technology By Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter / 16 Aug 2025
Council casts doubt on ruling that race was 'not a factor' in Child Q incident By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter / 27 Jun 2025
Dalston councillor urges London mayor to push for fairer policing after deputy mayor resigns By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter / 8 Oct 2024
‘Violent disorder’ at Dalston protest: Met’s ‘disproportionate and inflammatory approach’ raises concerns over policing – again By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 16 May 2022
Local elections 2022: Mayoral candidates quizzed by voters in Q&A for top job By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 13 Apr 2022
Met Police apologises after black teenage girl strip-searched at Hackney school By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 16 Mar 2022
Hackney police commander ‘sorry that the community hurts’ as effort launched to defuse tensions By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter / 11 Jun 2020
‘Labour lacks economic credibility’, say Lib Dems after Diane Abbott radio gaffe By Hackney Citizen / 3 May 2017
You’re hired! Sophie Linden accepted as London’s deputy mayor for policing and crime despite ‘worst CV ever seen’ By Hackney Citizen / 16 Jun 2016
