Rishi Sunak has offered a ‘wholehearted and unequivocal’ apology to the victims of the contaminated blood scandal, saying it was a ‘day of shame for the British state’. Addressing the Commons after the long-awaited conclusion to a five-year public inquiry, the prime minister promised to pay comprehensive compensation to those infected and those affected, ‘whatever it costs’
UK infected blood scandal made worse by cover-up, inquiry concludes
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