The Commons was wearily furious as it responded to the David Carrick case this morning. Carrick yesterday admitted 49 sexual offences across more than two decades as a Metropolitan Police officer.
The fury of MPs didn’t stop at the police. There was a great deal of frustration with ministers for being too slow to do what they could to stop offenders continuing to work as police officers after complains had been made.
This frustration didn’t just come from shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, but from Tory backbenchers too. The most notable critic on Suella Braverman’s own side was Priti Patel. The former home secretary was customarily polite, but complained that there were already options for the Home Office to act on. She said:
The recommendations are already there. In fact, if I may say so to the Home Secretary, previous policing ministers and I put forward proper recommendations for the strategic policing requirement.
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