
Who pays for the market’s rubbish
The fee a trader pays, the bin lorry that comes and the line in between. Builds on “Where market fees go once you have paid them”.

September 26, 2026 · 10 min
A new classroom is not one line but three. A short walk through the lines and what each pays for.
A short letter every Sunday: one part of the budget explained, with real-looking numbers and no side taken.

The fee a trader pays, the bin lorry that comes and the line in between. Builds on “Where market fees go once you have paid them”.

The three numbers that sit beside every line, what each one means and why they are rarely the same.