Just saw this on the BBC website and thought I would share it
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I have got to say that I agree with the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, I see this as a small token I don't think it is the governments place to attempt to compensate for losing a mum, brother, wife. How much money would you put on their lives? You couldn't give me enough money to replace my family members.
This statement struck me as just wrong:
They have also said that dependants and survivors will receive more money to help them get through it, but at the end of the day you have to move on as though was a special circumstance death affects everyone all the time.Quote:
But a spokesman for the Victims of Crime Trust say bereaved relatives should be given 100 times more because they would have to live with "tragedy" for the rest of their lives.
