Two Croydon police stations were sold for more than £1.5 million combined as Met Police funding cuts leave them at ‘breaking point’.

Norbury's was sold for £940,000 in 2014 while a year later the Kenley station fetched £600,000.

Chairman of the Met Police Federation, Ken Marsh, said the fact that more than £1 billion worth of property has been sold off since 2012-13 was a sad state of affairs.

"We've sold the Crown Jewels, so to speak. We've run out of things to sell. This is really, really, worrying for society," he said.

He told the Press Association: "At the end of the day they have all been sold so that we don't have to cut police officers. That is shocking.

"The Government talk a good talk, always praising us and saying how brilliant we are.

"But when it actually comes to it, you know, there's officers around the country using food banks."

Last year, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan closed 38 police station front counters to save £8 million per year, and warned Scotland Yard was "running out of options" regarding resources.