London riots to cost Met £34m

Scotland Yard expected to have spent more on riots than it spent on all major public order events in the capital last year Scotland Yard is expected to have spent more on policing the riots than it spent on policing all major public order events in the capital last year, officials have said. The disturbances will cost the force more than £34m, with the total expected to rise even further as the final bills from other forces called in to help is settled, according to the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA). This compares with a total of £34.8m spent by Scotland Yard on policing 42 major public order events between April 2010 and March 2011. Policing the student fees protests in London cost Scotland Yard £7.5m, while another £2.1m was spent providing security at the TUC anti-cuts demonstration in March, £1.9m on the Pope’s visit to Britain, and £2.2m around last year’s general election campaign. UK riots Metropolitan police London Police guardian.co.uk

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