Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has told the BBC he will not resign from his position, after a Panorama investigation revealed evidence of misogyny and racism in the force.
Speaking to BBC Radio London, he said those circulating rumours of his resignation within the Met were "the misogynists and racists, frankly, who want me out, because it's them who we're taking on".
The commissioner agreed that a range of factors that show systemic issues need to be rooted out, but stopped short of calling the issues institutional.
He highlighted that the force had improved since he started his role three years ago, but accepted there was still a "cancer to be removed".
Sir Mark became the force's chief after the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer; at the time he vowed to remove wrongdoers from the Met.
