Overview

• The force published the full list of 18 police station front desks set to close, leaving 20 out of 37 desks open across London.
• Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist told the London Assembly the cuts will save £7 million annually as part of closing a £260 million funding gap.
• The reductions break a 2017 and mayoral pledge to keep one 24-hour counter per borough, cutting round-the-clock access from 32 to eight locations.
• An extraordinary City Hall meeting saw Assembly members grill Matt Twist and Deputy Mayor Kaya Comer-Schwartz over leaked proposals and the broken manifesto promise.
• The Met cites that only 5 percent of crimes are now reported at front counters and says it will weigh public feedback before finalising hours later this year.