Metropolitan Police expected to be heavily criticised for being racist, sexist and homophobic in report

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By Lucy Manning

Special Correspondent, BBC News

The Metropolitan Police is expected to beryllium heavy criticised for being racist, sexist and homophobic successful a report.

Baroness Casey's reappraisal volition beryllium published connected Tuesday.

She was appointed to reappraisal the force's civilization and standards aft the murder of Sarah Everard by serving serviceman Wayne Couzens.

The BBC has not seen a draught of Baroness Casey's study but understands that it volition look astatine the Met's tolerance of wrongdoing.

The study is besides expected to criticise however the Met protects its ain radical up of the public.

A authorities root told the BBC the findings of the draught study were "very serious" and would marque for "bad reading".

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been successful talks with the Met Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, this week astir the findings aft it is understood the last draught of the study was sent to them.

Sir Mark was appointed commissioner successful September and the Home Office backs his enactment to betterment the Met and bring astir change, and wants to springiness him the clip to bash so.

The unit is already facing a abstracted autarkic enquiry into however Couzens and the serial rapist serviceman David Carrick were capable to go policemen and were not identified arsenic threats to women.

The interim Casey reappraisal which was published successful October recovered hundreds of Met officers had been getting distant with breaking the instrumentality and misconduct.

It recovered galore claims of intersexual misconduct, misogyny, racism and homophobia had been severely mishandled.

Sir Mark Rowley apologised and admitted determination were officers inactive serving who should person been sacked.

While the interim study focused connected the failures of the force's interior misconduct system, this last study is expected to beryllium overmuch wider.

It has examined, and volition criticise the culture, recruitment, grooming and enactment of the force.

One root told the BBC the last study contained a batch of findings that were highly atrocious for the Met.

The Met Police said successful a connection "the study volition play an important relation successful informing and shaping our enactment to present 'More Trust, Less Crime and High Standards'.

"It volition beryllium published adjacent week which volition beryllium the due constituent for america to respond successful further detail."

A Home Office spokesperson said: "The Home Secretary has been wide that civilization and standards successful policing indispensable beryllium raised successful bid to regain the spot and assurance of the public. We await the work of Baroness Casey's afloat report."

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