Match-day policing in London hits taxpayer hard as costs continue to rise

The cost of policing football matches has risen for three seasons in a row since the pandemic, costing tens of millions of pounds in public money every season in London alone.

Last season the Metropolitan Police paid over £21m towards match-day policing. Despite the huge profits of top-flight football clubs, the Met has covered a vast majority of costs.

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National Literacy Trust survey shows 40% drop in boys’ reading enjoyment

Reading for pleasure is on the decline in the UK — but it’s boys and young men who are switching off the fastest. 

According to a recent National Literacy Trust, a UK based literacy charity’s survey, just one in three children (34.6%) said they enjoy reading, and only one in five (20.5%) read daily. These are the lowest figures recorded since the trust started measuring in 2005.

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