Met Police is only force not to meet Boris Johnson’s recruitment target

Some 20,951 extra recruits joined police forces in the past three years

The Metropolitan Police is the only force not to meet a recruitment target set by Boris Johnson.

More than 20,000 new police officers have been hired in England and Wales – meeting a Conservative manifesto pledge – but Britain’s biggest police force missed its goal.

A total of 20,951 extra recruits joined police forces in the past three years, in the wake of a Conservative election manifesto commitment to have 20,000 additional officers in post by March 2023, according to provisional Home Office figures.