Survivors of Grenfell Tower blaze getting just £10 from local council, volunteer claims

Nisha Parti speaks to Robert Peston on ITV's Peston on Sunday
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Survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire are being given just £10 to live on by the local council despite millions of pounds of donations to relief funds, a volunteer has said.

West London film producer Nisha Parti, who has been helping victims, said the cash is being given to those checking into hotels in the wake of Wednesday's horrific blaze.

She said volunteers were unable to get hold of any money, despite huge donations of cash being made and Theresa May pledging £5 million in emergency funds.

Speaking on ITV's Peston on Sunday, she said: "Kensington and Chelsea are giving £10 to the survivors when they go to hotels.

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"There is money pouring in from all these amazing volunteers, we can't get access to the money and we cannot get it to the families."

When asked why they couldn't get access to it, she said: "Because no one's telling us where it is.

"Victims were going to hotels, arriving at hotels, with no one from the council to greet them, to check them in, to give them clothes and food.

"Volunteers are now going to hotels with food packages, with cash that they're trying to find because they have nothing."

Meanwhile Kensington MP Emma Dent Coad said survivors were being repeatedly moved around.

She told BBC One's Sunday Politics: "We are still hearing stories of people not being allocated properly.

"There's one woman this morning and her child, they have been moved three times since Wednesday into different accommodation.

"That's absolutely appalling."

There is increasing unrest over the official response to the fire, which is believed to have killed 58 people.

Prime Minister Theresa May in particular has been criticised for failing to meet victims during a visit to the site of the incident.

Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Kensington and Notting Hill on Friday evening amid mounting anger, while a second protest erupted in Westminster.

Kensington and Chelsea Council have been approached for a comment.

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