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If you’ve been following London policing news at all in the last few years – from Wayne Couzens, to Charing Cross, to David Carrick – it should come as no surprise that the Metropolitan Police have been found institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic. An extensive new report by Baroness Louise Casey details the chilling behaviour of officers responsible for protecting Londoners.
John Fox, who has written for us before about how the Met’s problems can be solved, explains just what “institutional” means in this case – a workplace culture that protects misconduct, and scares potential whistleblowers and witnesses into keeping quiet.
He suggests a number of steps the Met could take immediately to start changing this culture. Measures like random phone searches, undercover colleagues and polygraphs in the hiring process might not be popular, but they could be the force’s last chance.
If you or a loved one take hormonal birth control, you will want to read this. While it’s been known for some time that taking the combined oral contraceptive (known to most as “the pill”) comes with a small increased risk of breast cancer, a new study suggests other forms of the pill, such as the mini-pill, also increase the risk. Here’s what you need to know about these findings.
And in the world of sport, the issue of transgender athletes competing has caused much emotional debate and a re-writing of rules in recent years. This piece offers a look at how some elite sporting organisations and competitions are handling it – could an “open” competition category be the answer?
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