As the inquiry publishes it final report, the chancellor is under pressure to find £10bn to put right a longstanding injustice The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, will come under pressure to stay true to his word and sign off on...
Read MoreExclusive: Labour mayor argues only ‘fundamental rewiring’ of political system can prevent more ‘colossal’ state failuresThe final report of the infected blood inquiry must not only deliver justice but...
Read MoreTimeline for scheme comes after government accused of trying to ‘wriggle out’ of move to speed up payouts to victimsMinisters in the UK have agreed to a three-month deadline to establish a compensation scheme for...
Read MoreDocuments show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with virusesA commercial blood product at the centre of the biggest treatment scandal in the history of the NHS was approved for use...
Read MoreExclusive: contaminated blood campaigners say internal 1976 Immuno AG document proves British government negligenceAnalysis: families hope report will finally apportion blameThe British government was willing to risk infecting...
Read MoreMany of those affected are frustrated their cause is not getting the same attention as the Post Office Horizon scandalPeople affected by the contaminated blood scandal have called on ministers to also address their fight for...
Read MoreTory MPs revolt in vote for amendment to victims and prisoners bill to establish compensatory bodyRishi Sunak has suffered a parliamentary defeat as MPs voted to establish a compensatory body for victims of the infected blood...
Read MoreUK prime minister said he was working ‘at pace’ to ensure victims received the right compensationRishi Sunak was heckled at the infected blood inquiry as he defended the lack of a compensation scheme for victims and...
Read MoreShadow chancellor says Treasury should tackle cost of living crisis instead of attacking Dame Alison Rose, while Labour leader says she was right to resignQ: What is your view on the government’s decision to put a barge...
Read MorePrime minister to give evidence to inquiry into scandal of infected blood given to patients between 1970 and 1991Q: What is your view on the government’s decision to put a barge for asylum seekers in Portland? It could...
Read MoreExclusive: claimants say government can no longer defend treatment disaster in light of inquiry’s damning interim reportMore than 500 people taking the government to court over the contaminated blood scandal are urging it...
Read MoreMinisters accepted urgency of need of those infected in 1970s and 1980s, who are dying at the rate of one every four days‘My family was destroyed’: relatives of blood scandal victims get nothingSurvivors of the...
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