Ben Needham's tearful mum slams £11m Madeleine McCann cash pot while her toddler remains 'missing'Ben Needham was 21 months old when he disappeared from the Greek island of Kos in 1991.
The mother of missing toddler Ben Needham has spoken of her heartbreak after more funding was given to the £11m search for Madeleine McCann .
Kerry Needham has been searching for her son Ben who disappeared while he was staying with family on the Greek island of Kos on July 24, 1991.
The 21-month-old has never been seen again prompting police to probe whether he was kidnapped or if he died in a tragic accident with a digger on the property.
The youngster had been left in the care of his grandparents, who lived on the island, while his mother Kerry went to work at a nearby hotel.
Mum Kerry broke down after the Government pledged more funding to continue the search for missing toddler Madeleine McCann and admitted the 'unlimited cash and resources for the search hurts'.
She said: "It hurts us, as Ben's mum. I'm not taking anything away from them. We haven't had a fraction of that help."
"I've had to fight for that help alone as a single mum. I'll still keep going, doing the interviews, as Ben's name still needs to be out there."
"In our minds it's very difficult to accept that he has died because we have no concrete proof."
"In the back of our minds we know that he has died but we will never be able to move on from that, he will always be a missing person."
Madeleine McCann vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in Portugal in May 2007, aged three.
Kate and Gerry McCann were out for dinner with friends when the toddler disappeared.
The Home Office revealed it has granted further funds to the Madeleine McCann investigation - Operation Grange - believed to be as large as £150,000.
More than £11 million has been spent so far on the probe to find the missing girl.
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