Policy Exchange can reveal that the Metropolitan Police had been listed as a “supporting partner” of an event in London on the 19th-20th October 2024 that will platform a substantial number of extremists, antisemites and supporters of the 7/10 attack on Israel.

The “Global Peace and Unity” (GPU) event will also feature co-organisers of the Palestine marches in London which the Met polices.

The policy recommendations are:

1.     The Metropolitan Police, including any staff networks, should publish full details of their dealings with groups and individuals concerned with the GPU Festival.

2.     The Metropolitan Police should publish a policy relating to which community groups it engages with and which events it will attend. A register of the groups it engages with and events it attends should be published on a regular basis.

3.     The Metropolitan Police should publish their new ‘charter’ relating to advisory groups without delay. It should include the publication of all minutes of meetings between the police and advisory groups, including those involving meetings with internal police staff networks.

4.     The Metropolitan Police should bring all of their staff networks under a consistent internal governance framework. This should include how each network should be constituted, organised and run. It should be clear that staff networks are part of policing and not independent organisations.

5.     There should be full public transparency of how staff networks operate. This should include publishing committee memberships, minutes of meetings, workstreams, priorities and budgets.

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