Britain's biggest police force now demands that anyone wanting to join as a beat bobby has to be bilingual in one of 14 languages

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• New Met Police recruits must now be able to speak a second language
• Commissioner said it was because 300 languages are spoken in London
• But Scotland Yard criticised by a former officer and the public on Twitter
• Concerns those from minority backgrounds will be put off from applying