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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-42808483

Manchester is to receive an extra £13m reimbursement from the government for most of the costs following the Arena terror attack, the prime minister said.

The package includes more than £9m for policing and £2.6m for a mental health hub.

In November, Manchester City Council said it wanted an extra £17m for the costs of dealing with the bombing.

Twenty-two people were killed and 512 injured in the Manchester Arena attack on 22 May.

Prime Minister Theresa May's office said the new funding, which also includes more than £1m for the We Love Manchester Fund, brought the amount paid by the government to £24m.




It added that the payout recognised "the exceptional response required by the city as a result of this cowardly act".

Mrs May said: "Following last year's terrible attack the strength and resilience of Manchester captured the nation - and nowhere was this more apparent than at the One Love Concert and city vigils where people joined together not only in grief, but to demonstrate to terrorists that they will never win."

Also included in the package is £250,000 to Marketing Manchester to continue promoting the city and the region.

The inquests into the victims' deaths, which opened and adjourned in June, heard 220 people required hospital treatment in the aftermath of the attack.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and Manchester City Council have yet to comment.
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