Maddie case funding. McCanns anxiously await news from Scotland Yard.

[jassi]

I guess Amber does have a lot on her mind at present.

[faithlilly]

Nothing yet,but by  March 12th of this year the funding was announced for April through to September,so going by that it should have been announced by now.

Thanks Barrier, that's what I thought.

[Erngath]

Just imagine what the three hundred and seventy million pounds which is going to be spent on Buckingham Palace could do elsewhere.
That's the cut I would make.
I suppose we can all pick and choose where we would like our money spent.

[Miss Taken Identity]

Just imagine what the three hundred and seventy million pounds which is going to be spent on Buckingham Palace could do elsewhere.
That's the cut I would make.
I suppose we can all pick and choose where we would like our money spent.

Yes I agree with that cut as well as many others.

[barrier]

The cost of the officers will be met whether they are "investigating" the disappearance or not,its just where the allocation will be booked out to imo,but its just a watching brief according to this article from SKY,possibly one person could do this why three or four?

http://news.sky.com/story/amp/madeleine-mccann-set-to-be-extended-as-police-ask-for-more-funds-11024595

The money they are asking for is unlikely to be a large amount, effectively enough to keep a small number of detectives - three or four - on little more than a watching brief.

[G-Unit]

Just imagine what the three hundred and seventy million pounds which is going to be spent on Buckingham Palace could do elsewhere.
That's the cut I would make.
I suppose we can all pick and choose where we would like our money spent.

The government receives an income from the Crown Estates and spends 15% of it on the Sovereign Grant to fund the Royal Household. It will raise that percentage to 25% until 2027 to fund the refurbishment of Buckingham Palace, but still have 75% of it left to spend on whatever. None of your money is being spent on the project.

[Robittybob1]

Making the royals pay sounds like a good idea. Frees up money to find Madeleine.

[stephen25000]

Making the royals pay sounds like a good idea. Frees up money to find Madeleine.

What about other cases Rob ?

Likewise, why don't the McCann's cough up, rather than the tax payer ?

[jassi]

What about other cases Rob ?

Likewise, why don't the McCann's cough up, rather than the tax payer ?

According to the Tabloids, they have some 700 grand, so quite sufficient to fund proper detectives for a few years.

[stephen25000]

According to the Tabloids, they have some 700 grand, so quite sufficient to fund proper detectives for a few years.

After they pay up what they owe, I wonder what will be left.

[Brietta]

What about other cases Rob ?

Likewise, why don't the McCann's cough up, rather than the tax payer ?

Probably they don't "cough up" for the simple reason victims of crime and their families are not expected to "cough up" to pay for police investigation into the crime in this country.

Madeleine's parents and immediate family are "tax payers".

[Brietta]

According to the Tabloids, they have some 700 grand, so quite sufficient to fund proper detectives for a few years.

Which tabloids might those be?  All cites gratefully received. 

[jassi]

After they pay up what they owe, I wonder what will be left.

Different purses, surely?
They sued Amaral as private individuals, so having lost, should be personally liable for the outstanding costs.
The Fund money is separate and  should be available for financing a search - ie detectives.

[Brietta]

Is there even the remotest possibility of bearing in mind that the thread title is -
"Maddie case funding.  McCanns anxiously await news from Scotland Yard."

Please try to post something along those lines or expect your post to be deleted.

[jassi]

Which tabloids might those be?  All cites gratefully received.

How about this one ?
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/798094/Madeleine-McCann-10-years-missing-Kate-Gerry-family-search

just below the last picture.