Met police chief Cressida Dick has refused to resign despite widespread anger over her police force’s “unacceptable” treatment of women at a cancelled vigil to commemorate the life of Sarah Everard in London on Saturday. In a statement, the Police Commissioner said she had no plans to step back from her role and that what happened to the 33-year-old marketing executive appalled her. She said: “As you know, I’m the first woman commissioner of the Met, perhaps it appals me, in a way, even more because of that”, adding: “What has happened makes me more determined, not less, to lead my organisation”. However, after speaking to Dick yesterday, both the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said they have called for an independent investigation into the policing of the vigil. A Home Office spokesman said Patel, who has described the footage from the vigil as “upsetting”, felt there were “still questions to be answered” over how the police handled the gathering on Clapham Common. The Mayor, who is technically in charge of the Met, said he was “not satisfied” with the explanation provided for Saturday night’s events which turned so ugly, prompting a national outcry of criticism from the public as well as politicians.