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    OPINION - Comment: 'it's no longer appropriate to let untrustworthy Metropolitan Police have a say in London's design'

    by Phineas Harper Mar 12, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    Ever wondered why so many of London’s new public spaces are built with individual seats rather than proper benches these days?

    The answer may surprise you: the Metropolitan Police.

    Since the 1980s, the Met have been gradually amassing more and more influence over the design of Londons’ architecture from controlling street furniture and plants in parks to whole schools and housing estates. 

    Using a little-known initiative called Secured by Design (SBD) which was launched under Margaret Thatcher's government in 1989, police

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