They're GIVING everyone in the block £5,500?! For what bloody reason???
How do you think the people who bought flats in the new luxury development are going to feel? They shelled out a fortune for a home cinema and 24 hour concierge to keep the riff raff out and now the government are handing out free flats to them.
I wouldn't be happy......
It's five grand - plus the cost to government of buying all these other flats in one of London's most expensive boroughs, of course.
I think some compromise could have been reached, tbh. Those households with gainful employment in the area could have been temporarily rehoused there until payouts start happening, but those without could have been shipped off somewhere cheaper.
And obviously those here illegally should have been deported once they'd recovered. The idea that being in a fire means you get to dodge the system is ridiculous.