CUTS

BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said: "Almost 250,000 jobs have been lost in retail over the last five years and many major retailers have already announced further job cuts on the back of increased costs of employment which kicked in in April."

“And he was enthusiastic, too. I don’t think there’s any cuts in that video. I think it’s just three minutes, like a pop song. He invented the form.”

The commissioner acknowledges that extra funding from the Home Office and City Hall means the Met's final settlement is "nearly £100m better" than it feared in November 2024, when he warned of a £450m funding gap and "eye-watering cuts" to services.

Those plans include scrapping the Royal Parks police and Safer Schools officers, along with cuts to forensics and mounted police, and potentially taking firearms off the Flying Squad.

Though the photo cuts off the top half of the cardigan-clad baby’s face, presumably for privacy reasons, her name can be seen boldly emblazoned — in gold, of course — on her plain white onesie.