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My solution to compensation? Don't pay it at all

20.07.09

It is a disgrace, no question, that the Government proposes to chisel a few bawbees off the bottom line by reducing the compensation payment to any victim of crime found to have convictions for motoring offences... more

Driver of Charles de Menezes Tube awarded �1,000

03.06.09

The Tube train driver who fled in terror into the tunnel after police shot dead Jean Charles de Menezes at Stockwell station in July 2005 has been awarded �1,000 compensation... more

Crime victim payouts 'too complicated', say MPs

20.11.08

Government claims to prioritise victims of crime were questioned as MPs delivered a damning report into compensation for people injured in violent attacks... more

Pacific rape victims can claim cash from Britain

09.10.08

Women who suffered child sex abuse on the Pacific island of Pitcairn can apply for compensation from the British Government, the Foreign Office announced... more

'My rape payment was cut because I was drunk'

12.08.08

A woman who was raped in the West End had her compensation payment cut because she was drunk... more

72 victims still waiting for London bombing payouts

11.07.08

More than 70 victims of the 7/7 bombings are still awaiting full compensation, government figures revealed... more

Comment: Why we must remember 7/7

07.07.08

Today is a poignant anniversary for those who lost friends and loved ones in the July bombings three years ago... more

20 victims of 7/7 blasts still waiting for payout

04.07.08

Twenty victims of the 7/7 London bombings have yet to receive a penny, and more than 70 cases have still to be fully settled three years after the attacks, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Speed up payouts to victims of 7/7, Mayor tells Jowell

03.07.08

Boris Johnson has stepped up pressure on the Government to speed up compensation for victims of the 7 July bombings... more

Victim's cousin makes 7/7 movie

31.07.07

A documentary charting the impact of the 7 July London terror attacks on the family of one of the victims is to be released tomorrow.... more

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