At least £120,000 in bonuses were paid to senior South Yorkshire Police officers while the child grooming scandal was unfolding, The Star can reveal.

More than £50,000 was paid in just two years to former chief constable Med Hughes, who ran the force between 2004 and 2011.

Reported by the Sheffield Star. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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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.