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THE mum of missing Ben Needham has hit out at the recent cash boost to extend the search for Madeleine McCann.

Venting her frustration on Loose Women, Kerry Needham said she had not received the same "magnitude" of support as Kate and Gerry McCann, who were promised extra funds to continue the search for their daughter earlier this week.

Heartbroken Kerry Needham was comforted by the Loose Women panel as she spoke about the search for her missing son Ben
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Heartbroken Kerry Needham was comforted by the Loose Women panel as she spoke about the search for her missing son BenCredit: Rex Features

The 43-year-old said: "It hurts. It hurts us and it hurts me as Ben's mum.

"I'm not taking anything away from it at all - she deserves to be found but so does Ben and we haven't had a fraction of that help.

"I've had to fight alone as a single mum and tried to get the help that Ben deserves and that we deserve as a family.

"It did happen in the end but not to the magnitude that that case has had."

Ben disappeared during a family holiday to the Greek island of Kos in 1991.

The 43-year-old told the panel she had not received a 'fraction' of what the McCann family have received
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The 43-year-old told the panel she had not received a 'fraction' of what the McCann family have received
Kerry said she was 'hurt' after learning the Home Office had provided extra cash for the search for Madeleine McCann
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Kerry said she was 'hurt' after learning the Home Office had provided extra cash for the search for Madeleine McCann
Ben was just 21-months-old when he went missing from a farmhouse in Kos in 1991
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Ben was just 21-months-old when he went missing from a farmhouse in Kos in 1991Credit: pixel GRG

Earlier this week the Home Office confirmed Scotland Yard would get the funds to chase a "vital line of inquiry".

Parents Kate and Gerry McCann said they were "incredibly grateful" for the cash boost, after their daughter vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal in 2007.

The undisclosed sum will keep the seven-year inquiry going for the next six months until the end of September.

Earlier this week the Home Office confirmed extra cash would be handed to the search for Maddie McCann
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Earlier this week the Home Office confirmed extra cash would be handed to the search for Maddie McCannCredit: PA:Press Association PICTURE DESK
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Despite disappearing 26 years ago cops are still no closer to knowing whether Ben is dead or alive.

In 2016 cops told mum Kerry to "prepare for the worst" as they investigated the theory the 21-month-old was crushed to death by a digger driven by Konstantinos Barkas as the tot played with his toy car.

Kerry made another heartbreaking plea for help last year as she reminded cops she would be spending her 27th Christmas without her son.

Heartbroken family share tribute to missing child Ben Needham

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