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Mosques given £66m in emergency security funds after Southport disorder

Exclusive: Full government funding figures ‘tell sombre story about rise in hostility that British Muslims live with’, trust says A record £66m of emergency security funding was issued by the Home Office for mosques and related community sites in the UK when violent disorder spread in the aftermath of the Southport attacks in 2024. Exclusive figures obtained by the Guardian also reveal a record of about £41m in…

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