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The Met agreed to pay compensation to Daniel Morgans family 18 months after they announced plans to sue the force, alleging that a decades-long cover-up of corruption.

The blundering head of Scotland Yards disastrous VIP abuse inquiry, Steve Rodhouse (pictured), has been removed from the National Crime Agency to protect public confidence.

Operation Midland, launched in 2014, saw homes ransacked and reputations trashed on the bogus testimony of paedophile fantasist Carl Beech.

Despite the revelation that Steve Rodhouse is to face gross misconduct proceedings, the former Met deputy assistant commissioner remains joint deputy head at the National Crime Agency.

Dame Cressidas four-year tenure as Londons top cop was mired in controversy even before the crimes of David Carrick were revealed.

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-deputy assistant commissioner Steve Rodhouse has been served with a formal notice alleging he used inaccurate or dishonest words at the conclusion of Operation Midland.

London mayor Mr Khan was slammed by former police watchdog Sir Tom Winsor, who authored the report, during a fiery exchange at the London Assembly.

The report alleged that Mr Khan told Cressida Dick in a meeting in February that the public would support her if she sacked the officers, even if it meant paying compensation for wrongful dismissal.

STEPHEN WRIGHT: As someone who for more than a quarter of a century has been at the forefront of the Daily Mails coverage of major police scandals,

Neil Basu, the Mets former head of counter-terrorism, had made it into the final two candidates in the bid to succeed Dame Lynne Owens as NCA director.