Wrigley quit the company earlier this month, blaming himself for not doing more to cap the amount Fairburn could collect. A donation of £4.6m – just 1/25th of Fairburn’s bonus – could provide a home for all of the 58 homeless families in York. It would cost £60.8m to build a home for all 760 homeless families in Yorkshire and Humber, leaving behind £49m for Fairburn. “My home town is York, and the difference his bonus could make for a place like this is huge,” he said. About half of Persimmon homes sold last year were to help-to-buy recipients, meaning government money helped finance the sales.

Source: The Guardian December 30, 2017 07:52 UTC