Matt Cane, General Secretary of the Metropolitan Police Federation, said: “The irony of this strike by police staff colleagues will not be lost on our hard-working members, who are out on the streets of London 24 hours a day, 7 days a week keeping the capital safe.
“It must be remembered that our Metropolitan Police officer colleagues are unable to take industrial action – having no right to strike. This has been taken advantage of by successive Governments when it comes to our pay and conditions.
“There is also the irony that this strike action is being taken by police staff who work on vetting… whilst the Metropolitan Police Service are making such a high-profile push on using vetting status to sack officers.
“We are questioning the legality of using a failure in vetting to sack police officers via Judicial Review. Officers who are not fit to wear the uniform should not be in the police service. But police officers - like all people - need to be treated within the law of the land and they have the right to representation and a fair process.”
