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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Lynch

More than £13bn set aside for infected blood and Horizon scandal victims

Billions of pounds of funding will be set aside to compensate the victims of two major public scandals, Rachel Reeves has announced in the Budget.

Some £11.8 billion will be set aside to compensate those impacted by the infected blood scandal and £1.8 billion to compensate the victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal, the Chancellor told the Commons.

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