at home safely. lung disease costs the nhs billions. ministers say more funding for research and new targets to cut pollution and smoking should make a difference. but doctors think more still needs to be done to improve and save thousands of lives. jim reed, bbc news. let s return to today s scathing review of london s metropolitan police which found it to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. the report s author baronness casey said many londoners had lost faith in the metropolitan police and the force could be broken up if it didn t change. labour party leader sir keir starmer and shadow home secretary yvette cooper are giving a press conference in response to the report, let s listen in. good afternoon everyone thank you very much forjoining us. baroness casey s report today commissioned by the mayor of london is forensic, thorough and truly damning. it is deeply critical about the problems in the metropolitan police and the urgent change some of
intentionally. this committee is supposed to be above intentionally. this committee is supposed to be above party - intentionally. this committee is - supposed to be above party politics so, what does public opinion really matter here, how likely is public opinion going to be swayed? some people will always be in boris johnson s camp and some never will be. ~ ~ ., , be. well, i think it matters, because be. well, i think it matters, because i be. well, i think it matters, because i think be. well, i think it matters, because i think it be. well, i think it matters, because i think it will- be. well, i think it matters, i because i think it will probably have an impact on how the house of commons deals with anything that the committee recommends. you re right, privileges committee is a cross party commit eye and it is theirjob to make findings after they have grilled him and they will set out their findings and grilled him and they will set out theirfindings and a grilled him
cannot be an occasion for even more words and too little action. there needs to be a reckoning and there needs to be a reckoning and there needs to be changed. a change the londoners, a change for those good police officers who are fed up of being let down by the government and a change for the public who deserve a change for the public who deserve a police service that they can have confidence in. the british policing model which we should cherish began here in london nearly 200 years ago, unlike most falls across the world, our police are guardians not guards. rooted in the powerful tradition of policing by consent, whether police and other public and the public are the police. and other public and the public are the olice. . , and other public and the public are the olice. ., , ., ., the police. that is the leader of the police. that is the leader of the labour the police. that is the leader of the labour party, the police. that is the leader of the labour party, keir- the polic