Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley gives a statement outside Charing Cross police station,Image source, PA
ByDaniel Sandford, UK correspondent and Florence Freeman
  • Published17 minutes ago

The head of the Metropolitan Police is to warn that policing in England and Wales is "heading for failure" without urgent reform.

In a speech on Friday, Sir Mark Rowley will call for the system to change, arguing it is unable to cope with the sophistication of modern criminals.

He is proposing eight to 10 regional police forces, supported by hundreds of local policing commands and a new National Police Service, in what would be the biggest overhaul since the 1960s.