The Metropolitan Police has spent £10.6 million on translation services last year.

The record high figure could pay for hundreds of officers have risen sharply as immigration increases.

It's the equivalent of nearly £30,000 a day.

Languages Scotland Yard had to translate include Urdu, Slovak, Russian, Portuguese, Czech, Bulgarian, Arabic, Farsi, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Polish, Punjab, Romanian, and Gujarati.

The Taxpayers Alliance said:

"If we encouraged more people to learn English when they came to Britain there would be a sizable saving as well as a great benefit to social cohesion."

Third not born in UK - Rape figures

Latest figures now show almost a third of London's near 8million inhabitants were born outside the British Isles.

A staggering 255 non-UK citizens from 71 different countries were charged with rape in the capital last year according to a Freedom of information request.