Johnson under pressure from former health secretaries to pay interim amounts to victims and families

Pressure is growing for government to compensate victims of the contaminated blood scandal immediately.

The chair of the contaminated blood inquiry on Friday called for the victims and their families to be paid “without delay” after he recommended the level of interim compensation payments. Sir Brian Langstaff said infected people and bereaved partners should be given “payments of no less than £100,000”.

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