The cost of policing Just Stop Oil (JSO) protests in London over the past 13 weeks has risen to £7.7 million. The Metropolitan Police’s Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist revealed the figure on Tuesday.
Mr. Twist, who was appearing on the Nick Ferrari programme on LBC radio, said 23,597 officer shifts had been taken up by the policing of 515 JSO marches in London, at a total cost of £7,729,086.20.
