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After a year in which the Met lurched from one crisis to another, Danny Shaw looks at the challenges faced by the woman in chargeIt’s been a calamitous month for Britain’s biggest police force. For weeks the Metropolitan police refused to look into allegations of illegal gatherings in Downing Street. But just as a Cabinet Office inquiry was set to reveal all, the commissioner, Cressida Dick, stunned Westminster by announcing a criminal investigation and calling a halt to the publication of the most incriminating details.The journalist Danny Shaw tells Nosheen Iqbal that while the move prompted public outrage, Dick is highly respected within the force and for now retains the trust of the politicians who control her fate. Continue reading...