The National Police Chiefs' Council predicts costs of enforcing the ban will have reached £25m by April this year.
Figures obtained by The Independent showed dog attacks rose by nine per cent in the first five months since the ban was ...
The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) said the ban on the breed was placing a "huge burden on policing", with kennel ...
The XL bully ban will have cost taxpayers £25 million in kennel and veterinary fees alone by April, police have estimated ...
They added it can cost around £1,000 a month to keep an XL bully in kennels. The NPCC said the figure is expected “to rise to as much as £25 million” for the period from February 2024 to ...
Since the XL bully ban, police forces have increased their kennel capacity by a third. But the NPCC said kennel spaces were "reaching capacity", with costs "increasing by the day". The policing ...