compensation

Harrods said: "We encourage these survivors to come forward and make their claims to the Harrods scheme, where they can apply for compensation, as well as support from a counselling perspective and through an independent survivor advocate."

More than $5 trillion goes each year to Social Security, Medicare, federal employee retirement, unemployment compensation and the like.

It's thought the cost of compensation could reach £16bn, according to analysts.

Some could come from people previously told they had no claim for compensation because they did not have a discretionary commission arrangement.

It wants an orderly compensation system, if it comes to that.