Dame Cressida Dick will continue to lead the Metropolitan Police Service until 2024, Home Secretary Priti Patel has confirmed.

The decision comes just one day after campaigners against police injustice called for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to replace Dame Cressida after her current contract comes to an end in April 2022.

In an open letter published on Thursday, they accused the Met’s chief of “presiding over a culture of incompetence and cover-up”.

But Ms Patel said the extension of Dame Cressida’s contract “will provide continuity and stability as we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic”.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan said he supports the home secretary’s decision.

Dame Cressida said she is “immensely honoured and humbled” to have been asked to extend her time as Met Commissioner for a further two years.

“I am proud to continue to serve my city,” she said in a statement.

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