Newspaper headlines: 'Rotten Met' and 'trial of Boris Johnson begins'

By BBC News
Staff
Metro leads with a “damning verdict on the Met” as Baroness Casey’s blistering 368-page report, being published on Tuesday, says the Metropolitan Police service is institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic.
The Daily Express also focuses on the Casey report on the Met, with its front page saying the force now faces a huge task to win back public trust.
The Daily Mail similarly highlights the damning Casey review, focusing on the conclusions that the force is "broken", that it cannot be trusted to police itself and that the Met must must reform or be “overhauled”.
The Times front page says the Met is “rotten” as reports the review's finding that it has “lost public faith”. The front page also takes a look at former prime minister Boris Johnson’s legal dossier, which he submitted to the parliamentary committee investigating allegations that he misled MPs over the No10 parties scandal. The Times reports that Mr Johnson told the Commons that social-distancing guidance had been followed “at all times” in Downing Street without an explicit assurance from his aides.
The Daily Mirror splashes on what it calls Boris Johnson’s “dodgy dossier” with the paper’s front page saying the former prime minister will insist the lockdown parties were “work events” when he is questioned this week on claims he lied to parliament.
The Daily Telegraph focuses on the public being let down by a force that no longer has a functioning neighbourhood policing service. The front page story also has a statement from Met Commissioner Mark Rowley, who has apologised for the numerous failings, adding that the report has sparked feelings of “anger and shame”.
The i dedicates most of its front page to Boris Johnson as he prepares to “plot his comeback” if he is cleared by the parliamentary inquiry into “Partygate”. The paper also shares snippets of other stories including young women being targeted for their eggs online and the damning report into the Met Police.
The Sun leads on a story that says half of UK roads are crumbling as a new report has shown fewer potholes are being fixed, almost half of roads are falling apart and the repair backlog is at an all-time high.
The FT focuses on Switzerland’s government coming under fire from bondholders and international regulators for its handling of the £3.2bn rescue-takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS. It says that forcing those two banks together wiped out $17bn of Credit Suisse’s bonds as the decision to favour shareholders at the expense of bondholders sent a shockwave through already brittle markers on Monday.
Taking a different approach, the Daily Star’s front page leads on “feathered scumbag” seagulls attacking people as they eat food such as chips, ice creams and battered sausages outdoors.