Media coverage
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Media coverage
Title Journalism student emulates classmate in landing national scoop Media name/outlet HoldtheFrontPage.co.uk Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 3/02/20 Description Article on research by Paul Foster and Aoife Morgan into how much police forces spent on paying informants Producer/Author David Sharman URL https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2020/news/journalism-student-joins-classmate-in-landing-national-scoop/ Persons Paul Foster Title Met Police spent £4,363,226 on informants over five years Degree of recognition Regional Media name/outlet East London & West Essex Guardian Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 29/01/20 Description Article looking at he fees paid to informants by UK police forces based on an FoI exercise by Paul Foster and his students URL https://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/18193366.met-police-spent-4-363-226-informants-five-years/ Persons Paul Foster Title Revealed: Bedfordshire Police has spent £85,000 on informants since 2014 Degree of recognition Local Media name/outlet Luton Today Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 29/01/20 Description Local news report on the findings of a FoI request and analysis into spending on Police informants by Paul Foster Producer/Author Holly Patel URL https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/opinion/revealed-bedfordshire-police-has-spent-ps85000-informants-2014-1378917 Persons Paul Foster Title Thames Valley Police paid almost £750,000 to informants in the past five years Degree of recognition Local Media name/outlet The Bucks Herald Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 29/01/20 Description Report detailing the analysis of Police spending on informants garnered from a FoI request by Paul Foster and his students Producer/Author Sam Dean URL https://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news/people/thames-valley-police-paid-almost-ps750000-informants-past-five-years-1379271 Persons Paul Foster Title This is how much West Yorkshire Police spent on informants in the past five years Degree of recognition Local Media name/outlet Yorkshire Evening Post Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 29/01/20 Description Coverage from West Yorkshire on the amount Police spend on informants, the data and analysis for which was sourced by Paul Foster and his students Producer/Author Georgina Morris URL https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/crime/how-much-west-yorkshire-police-spent-informants-past-five-years-1378143 Persons Paul Foster Title Police Scotland shell out more than £1m paying grasses to supply information on fellow criminals Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet The Scottish Sun Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 29/01/20 Description Article on the FoI request and analysis from Paul Foster and his students looking at the amount Police forces spend on informants Producer/Author Sarah Ward URL https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5224424/police-scotland-million-grasses-information/ Persons Paul Foster Title The £558,000 cost of paying police informants Degree of recognition Local Media name/outlet Wigan Today Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 29/01/20 Description Coverage of Greater Manchester Police spending on informants, which was shown in data and analysis from Paul Foster and his students Producer/Author Charles Graham URL https://www.wigantoday.net/news/crime/revealed-ps558000-cost-paying-police-informants-1394625 Persons Paul Foster Title Scots cops fork out £1.3million on informants in fight against crime Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet Daily Record Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 29/01/20 Description Article on research by Paul Foster and Aoife Morgan into how much police forces spent on paying informants Producer/Author Sarah Ward URL https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-cops-fork-out-13million-21383933 Persons Paul Foster Title Police Scotland second in the UK for spending the most money on informants Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet The Scotsman Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 29/01/20 Description Article looking at he fees paid to informants by UK police forces based on an FoI exercise by Paul Foster and his students Producer/Author Martyn Mclaughlin URL https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/police-scotland-second-in-the-uk-for-spending-the-most-money-on-informants-1-5082123 Persons Paul Foster Title Police across the UK pay undercover informants more than £13million in five years Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet Daily Mirror Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 29/01/20 Description Article on the FoI request and analysis from Paul Foster and his students looking at the amount Police forces spend on informants Producer/Author Sarah Ward & Milo Boyd URL https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/police-across-uk-pay-undercover-21387925 Persons Paul Foster