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Proposals to speed up mesothelioma compensation announced

...Last year Treasury secretary Ed Balls announced plans to speed up compensation for people who contracted Recent high profile cases, such as that of Debbie Brewer, have highlighted the problem of people who contract the disease through contact with family members who work with asbestos or by living close to asbestos factories.

The proposed legislation would break the link between work and Currently state compensation is not recovered from employers that have been found liable of exposing workers to asbestos.

This means that companies can deduct their payments from the total compensation that has is paid.

The new plans allow the government to recover money from employers that have been found liable and this recovered money will then be used as a fund for victims of who contracted add to deli.cio.us Digg this add to reddit add to My Yahoo!

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