Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said the US president has been talking "complete nonsense" during recent comments about crime in London.

Sir Mark was responding to Donald Trump's accusations that crime levels were "crazy" and that police did not want to patrol some parts of the UK capital.

Speaking to LBC , Sir Mark said: "In terms of some of the comments that come from America about London... they're complete nonsense.

"This trend of trying to rubbish London, some of which is driven by politics... we need... to fight back about it."

But the police chief admitted more work was needed to improve the performance of the force and outcomes for Londoners.

"Clearly there are some crime issues that we're tackling, and it's not perfect, I'm proud of the progress

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