Schoolchildren compensation claims for playground injuries running into millions, with thousands paid out for falling over or getting hit by a ball

More than £3.3million in taxpayer’s cash has been handed out to parents of children who were injured at school.

Figures released through a Freedom of Information Act request show compensation claims for injuries in the school playgrounds of Greater London, Birmingham and Greater Manchester have run into the millions.

Over the past five years, schoolchildren suffering broken bones, severed fingers and falls from play equipment have been handed five-figure sums. Full article

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