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Jitendra Joshi

Infected blood victim blasts 'insulting' extra compensation of £15,000 promised by ministers

Infected blood victims could get up to £2.8m in compensation, a minister said on Friday, but one haemophiliac who was treated as a "guinea pig" in a notorious school blasted the revised settlement as "insulting".

The new Labour Government announced that it was updating plans announced by the Conservatives in May to ensure payouts for victims of the scandal, which followed the publication of a blistering report by an official inquiry.

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