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The United Kingdom’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has introduced a new policy requiring its officers and staff members to declare whether they are Freemasons.

The MPS wrote in a statement on X, “There have been calls going back a number of years for the role of Freemasonry in policing to be properly addressed, including as a recommendation in the report of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel.”

“We strongly believe that failing to act on these calls would further damage trust not only among the public but also other officers and staff,” added the MPS.

In response to the new policy, the United Grand Lodge of England has sued the MPS.

The United Grand Lodge of England in a press release wrote, “In the light of the legal position, the failure of the Met consultation process, and in order to prevent damage to members, UGLE intends to seek a judicial review of the decision in the High Court and has sent a “letter before claim” to the Met outlining the action it intends to take.”

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Per The Guardian:

Freemasons have demanded an emergency injunction from the high court to halt the Metropolitan police’s new policy that orders officers to tell their bosses if they are members of the organisation.

The Freemasons filed papers in London on Christmas Eve and claim the Met’s policy amounts to “religious discrimination” against Freemasons who are also police officers.

They say the Met commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, “is making up the law on the hoof” and accused his force of “whipping up conspiracy theories” about the influence of Freemasons. The Met has vowed to fight back as it sees the policy as part of its fight to restore trust and credibility, and a case currently under investigation involves claims of masonic influence and alleged wrongdoing.

In December, the Met said anyone who was part or had been a member of a “hierarchical organisation that requires members to support and protect each other”, must declare it.

The MPS has faced pressure from the public for over three decades to require officers to disclose Freemasonry membership.

The pressure increased after the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel investigated the still unsolved 1987 murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan.

The Panel concluded that corruption within the Metropolitan Police Service, including hidden ties to organizations such as Freemasonry, could create conflicts of interest and compromise internal police investigations.

It further noted that “one detective involved was a Freemason who later went to work with a prime suspect, and that 10 police officers who were prominent in the Daniel Morgan murder investigations were Freemasons”.

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