That’s all from me for today. Thanks for reading and commenting. Here’s a summary of the day’s most prominent events: Scotland Yard’s vetting process is unfit for purpose, a former Met police commissioner said. In the wake of the sentencing of Wayne Couzens, who abused his position as a serving officer to murder Sarah Everard, Lord Stevens said an “extraordinary story of blunders had occurred. But, while he said Cressida Dick should be held accountable, Stevens insisted that should not include her losing her post as the country’s top police officer. He said the politicians who cut policing budgets should also bear responsibility. The domestic abuse commissioner Nicole Jacobs called on police forces to prioritise tackling domestic abuse and crimes of sexual violence. The policing minister Kit Malthouse came under fire for suggesting it was up to local areas to decide whether violence against women and girls is a serious crime. And the chairman of the Commons justice committee said the government should consider making misogyny a hate crime. The Tory MP Sir Bob Neill said ministers could on the issue as had been done in respect of racism following the Macpherson inquiry into the killing of Stephen Lawrence. Malthouse said the police faced a long road to gaining the public’s trust. He said officers recognised the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer had “struck a devastating blow to the confidence that people have in police officers but also in the Met police in particular”. The policing minister also warned that motorists could face another “week or so” of long queues at filling stations as demand for petrol remains strong. He said there needed to be an “improvement” in the situation in the coming days, but did not raise the prospect of the prime minister taking any action to help unless there was a deterioration. Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay were elected the new joint-leaders of the Green party in England and Wales. They succeed Siân Berry and Jonathan Bartley and take over at a potentially crucial moment for the party, as it tries to build on healthy local election results and national polling showing it with as much as 9% support, above the Liberal Democrats.