Met chief clashes with senior Tory amid furious scenes in Commons

London police commissioner accused of bungling job and not being ‘very honest’ at committee session

A senior Conservative attacked the honesty and competence of the Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, in furious scenes at a Commons committee, with the police chief denouncing the “pillorying” of his force.

Lee Anderson MP, the deputy chair of the Tory party, accused Rowley of not being “very honest” and claimed he was bungling his job.