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PNM leader Keith Rowley conceded defeat late on Monday, saying that it had not been a good night for his party and that it was clear that it had lost the election.

Rowley, 75, served as prime minister from 2015 to March of this year, when he announced he was stepping down and handing the reins of power to the 50-year-old energy minister, Stuart Young.

But rather than serving out the remainder of Rowley's term, Young called a snap election just hours after being sworn in as prime minister.

In a report, due to be presented by Sir Mark Rowley to the London Policing Board this week, he says the force "must be honest to Londoners that in light of the budget, we are shrinking as an organisation".

Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said it is "absurd" and a "ridiculous waste of taxpayers' money" to pay for police officers who cannot be sacked to sit at home.