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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Heather Stewart

Contaminated blood scandal payouts to start by end of year, says UK government

Rally in Westminster, London, 2023 calling for recognition of the contaminated blood victims
A rally in Westminster, London, in 2023, before the infected blood inquiry finally reported in May 2024. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

Victims of the contaminated blood scandal will begin receiving compensation before the end of the year, and some people will be entitled to more than £2.5m, the government has confirmed.

An outline of the long-awaited compensation scheme was set out in May, after the final report of the infected blood inquiry laid bare what Rishi Sunak, the then UK prime minister, called “a decades-long moral failure at the heart of our national life”.

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