The three water cannon bought by Boris Johnson are costing more than £25,000 a year to insure and maintain – despite never being fired.

The London mayor snapped up the three second-hand Wasserwerfer 9000 riot trucks from the German federal police in 2014 for £218,000.

But the water cannon – which cost £23,573 to re-paint in the colours of the Metropolitan Police – are not allowed to be used on Britain’s streets.

Reported by The Daily Mirror. You can read the full story here. 

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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.