Women must feel their complaints about violence are “properly heard”, the PM has said, after concern about how a vigil for Sarah Everard was policed. Boris Johnson said footage of officers forcibly removing a number of women from the event was “distressing”. He added it was “fundamental” that women felt listened to and he was “going to make sure that happens”. Asked if he still had confidence in Met Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick, Mr Johnson said: “Yes I do.” “The reality is that the country is united still in shock and grief about what happened to Sarah Everard and we must do everything we can to find the answers,” Mr Johnson said. “I think the fundamental issue that we have to address as a country, and as a society and as a government is that … women in particular must feel that when they make serious complaints about violence, about assault, that they are properly heard. “We are going to make sure that that happens.” The prime minister’s comments come after criticism that a new policing bill does not go far enough to address violence against women and girls.