Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt have been called to account for the Tory Government’s failure so far to make compensation for victims of the infected blood scandal a priority.
In an unprecedented move, both have been called by Sir Brian Langstaff to give evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry he is chairing, as has Paymaster General Jeremy Quin and his predecessor Penny Mordaunt.
Sir Brian is working on his final report, due in the autumn, but has scheduled the additional hearings for the week from 24 July and will want to know why the Government is yet to act on an interim report he published in April.
