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Forces want every airport to contribute to the massive cost of providing police and counter-terror security.

Only nine airports, including Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow, are required to contribute to policing costs.

Meanwhile other airports, such as London City airport which costs at least £7 million to police each year, pay nothing.

The Association of Chief Police Officers has called for a security surcharge on the cost of tickets to help fund airport policing.

Speaking after a meeting at Heathrow, Len Duvall, chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority, said it was unfair some operators "don't have to pay a penny".

The meeting brought together officials from police forces, the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), the Home Office and the Department for Transport

Richard Barnes, of the Metropolitan Police Authority, said taxpayers should not have to pay for security while airport shareholders benefit.

He said: "Police have to provide a service to protect all those who use our airports, and it is unfair to expect them to pay for policing private, moneymaking businesses."

Every UK police force is required to produce a joint agreement with airports in their force region by the end of November. In London, the Metropolitan Police is negotiating with BAA over the level of their contribution to the cost of policing Heathrow.