MPs demand Met Police ‘institutional homophobia’ inquiry after shameful Stephen Port probe

British lawmakers have demanded a public inquiry into whether London’s Metropolitan Police Service is “institutionally homophobic” following the Stephen Port probe.

Trust in the force has been shaken by claims that police investigations into Port were faltered because his victims were gay.

An inquest into Port, who murdered at least four young men and raped many more, has renewed fresh scrutiny into the litany of police failures that, the inquest found, “probably” allowed Port to kill more.

Now, a group of London MPs have called for a public inquiry into claims of “institutional homophobia” within the Met.

In a letter to Met commissioner Cressida Dick, signed by Dame Margaret Hodge and 17 other lawmakers, the MPs wrote: "The police have admitted their mistakes, instituted new protocols and emphasised that a lack of resources was to blame. However, resourcing alone does not ee explain the sheer number of failures by the police in this matter."