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Post by Dan Dare on Jul 31, 2023 9:10:43 GMT
The costs associated for dealing with the effects of the Grenfell Tower disaster are now approaching £ 1.2 billion, according to a report in The Times. The amount paid from public funds is broken down as follows:
- £481 million from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for victom support, including purchasing more han 300 new houses;
- £291 million in central government costs for support and securing the site for a future memorial;
- £ 170 million for the public enquiry (ongoing);
- £61 million in costs incurred by the Metropolitan Police, including lawyer’s fees;
- £15 million in legal costs for the London Fire Brigade;
- £150 in civil compensation awarded by the High Court to 900 bereaved, survivors and residents (BSRs).
In addition, a £50 million ‘restorative justice’ fund has been agreed between various public bodies and Arconic, the cladding manufacturer. Arconic has also spent £35 million on legal fees and created a liability of £47 million for civil claims. A further £27 million has been earmarked for further civil claims by Rydon, the main contractor. Note that the above do not include the £30 million in charitable donations provided directly to BSRs, nor does it take into account any criminal damages that might result from any future criminal prosecutions. |
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Post by Vinny on Jul 31, 2023 9:50:35 GMT
The money isn't all that important when you think about what happened.
And now, some of the firemen who attended the scene are terminally ill.
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Post by Dan Dare on Jul 31, 2023 10:00:05 GMT
I don't expect any of them will be sharing in the cornucopia of compo that BSRs are wallowing in. It's over £10 million per fatality and the meter's still running.
Remind us again how much compo was paid out of of public funds for the Manchester Arena atrocity, in total and per capita.
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Post by dappy on Jul 31, 2023 10:00:42 GMT
Is the number of ill firemen statistically more than would be expected for firemen who didn't attend? Not saying it isn't. Don't know whether this is a real issue.
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Post by patman post on Jul 31, 2023 10:27:48 GMT
UK state and establishment payouts for lapses they're responsible for are always delayed by protracted enquiries and investigations, and despite probably being arranged that way to delay/lessen compensation, immediate welfare care and health costs can rack up alarmingly. The 50-year old contaminated blood scandal payouts are likely to run into billions, according to Jeremy Hunt: www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66341658The Post Office Horizon scandal that was uncovered 20 years ago, is another example of a state body dragging out hearings and paying damages. More than 700 former Post Office staff were wrongly prosecuted for theft and false accounting in what has been described as "the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK history". Now, adding insult to injury, documents have come to light showing investigators were asked to group suspects based on race: news.sky.com/story/post-office-admits-abhorrent-racist-slur-was-used-to-describe-suspects-in-horizon-scandal-12890411Accounts of state wrongdoings and efforts by victims to get justice often read like Ludlum novels... |
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