By Kerry Mcdermott New Scotland Yard, the famous headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, is set to be sold off in a radical £500 million cost-cutting plan, it was announced today. The force is planning to move its HQ - one of London’s best-known landmarks - to a new smaller site on the Embankment. The plan is part of a drive to axe dozens of police stations and buildings across London and save the force millions of pounds a year. Landmark: The sale of the 1960s building could raise as much as £150million for the cash-strapped Met Estate agents say the sale of the building - a 1960s office block in the heart of London - could raise £150 million for the cash strapped force.
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The Met's famous headquarters in Westminster will be sold off as part of a radical cost cutting plan
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The force will move its HQ to a new, smaller site at Embankment
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Plan is part of a drive to axe dozens of police stations and buildings across London to save money
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Chairman of Met Police Federation likened the sale of the iconic building to losing the Crown Jewels
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