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I can't find the piece about the backer pulling out yet, I will keep digging... In the meantime, here is some light reading: Madeleine McCann search fund running out of moneyThe fund raised more than £1.8m from donations and some merchandise sales in the first financial year after Madeleine's disappearance.
The accounts of the fund say the money was spent on searching for Madeleine. None was used to pay the McCann's own legal defence costs. In the first year, £250,000 was spent on "search fees", with £123,573 spent on campaign management and £7,993 on hotels, travel and subsistence, among other costs.
By the end of the financial year – 31 March 2008 – the fund had just over £1m. Over the following year, the 2009 accounts show that donations fell as awareness of the case dipped. As such, the fund spent more in trying to find Madeleine than it received in donations up until 31 March 2009, drawing on its cash reserves.
On 31 March 2009, it had £690,000. But the pattern of dwindling donations continued, as the costs of running the fund and keeping up awareness remained the same, leading to the difficult financial situation the fund is in now.
Today, the fund has less than £300,000 left. They have written an open letter to supporters and celebrities, appealing for help. Mr and Mrs McCann say the money will run out by next spring. [ link to www.channel4.com] Interesting, thanks. Im wondering how they are earning money to live?
The Prime Minister has asked the Metropolitan Police to investigate the girl's disappearance on holiday in Portugal four years ago. He was yesterday accused of undermining the force's independence and wasting their resources.
Metropolitan Police Authority member Lord Harris said: "It embroils their officers in a highprofile investigation, where the chances of success are unclear."
Cameron and the Home Office intervened after Madeleine's parents Kate and Gerry, of Rothley, Leicestershire, made a plea on her eighth birthday.
The money will fund a team to carry out a review of the inquiry and will cover the cost of flights to Portugal, hotels, forensic fees, translation and any other expenses. Downing Street denied interfering in police matters and the Met insisted they agreed to take part.
But Lib Dem peer Lord Bradshaw branded the PM's intervention as a "PR exercise". [ link to www.dailyrecord.co.uk]
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