Justice secretary praises ‘vast majority’ of officers but concedes London force clearly has a problem

Dominic Raab has defended the “vast majority” of Metropolitan police officers after the Guardian revealed that an official report will say next week that the force is ridden with sexism, racism and homophobia.

The justice secretary acknowledged on Friday that the Met had a particular problem with vetting new officers. But he defended its new commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, who he said was doing his best to root out “bad apples”.

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