mo4ch:>Thomas Cook: Taxpayers face £156m bill for company's collapse

Thomas Cook: Taxpayers face £156m bill for company's collapseThomas Cook: Taxpayers face £156m bill for company's collapse19 March 2020 Related TopicsThomas Cook collapse Image copyrightGetty ImagesTaxpayers face a bill of at least £156m for the response to the collapse of Thomas Cook, according to a report by the government's spending watchdog.The travel company's collapse last September left 9,000 staff out of work and 150,000 holidaymakers stranded.The National Audit Office (NAO) said the government had agreed to pay £83m towards the cost of getting customers back home, as well as £58m in redundancy and related payments.But the final cost is not yet known.Other costs include at least £15m for liquidating the business. What went wrong at Thomas Cook?'I'm still owed £740 for my Thomas Cook holiday'Planes to trains - new life for Thomas Cook staffWhen the world's oldest travel company collapsed, the Department for Transport (DfT) instructed the Civil Aviat…