Britain’s generous gesture a £500K payout for injured victims
November 30, 2008
The aftermath of last week’s atrocities, during which a British businessman was killed, resulted in advent of a new funding system so as to match the maximum £500, 000 payout to UK citizens injured in a terror attack.
According to the Guardian report,
“The London law firm Lovels said it was entering advanced stages of talks between the government and 10 big travel insurers to evolve a compensation system for Britons caught up in terrorist atrocities abroad.”
Last month, Tessa Jowell, the minister for humanitarian assistance, agreed the situation was unsatisfactory. She said: “We must find a solution and not be prompted by the next atrocity alone.”
It was two years ago, when the government offered assurance that it was seeking to extend the amount given to UK victims abroad. Trevor Lakin’s, son Jez died in the 2005 Shram el-Sheikh bombings along with his girlfriend Annalie Vickers. Trevor opined “the government should stop offering ‘excuses’ for the delay.
Apparently, there seems to be some difficulty in determining what constitutes a violent crime abroad and a terrorist incident, but the fact remains that a system where a terrorist victim’ on a British soil receives a certain amount and a victim abroad gets nothing needs to be rectifed.”
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