Chancellor urged to tackle IHT 'flaw' for infected blood scandal compensation payments

In last year's Autumn Budget, Reeves committed £11.8bn to compensate infected and affected individuals. More than 30,000 people were infected by HIV and hepatitis C after they were given contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. Some 3,000 people have died as a result of the scandal. More than 140,000 people continue to live with the "legacy of this injustice", STEP technical counsel and head of government affairs Emily Deane and Lifetime Lawyers chair Jade Gani set out in their open letter to Reeves, dated 20 October. The groups have been campaigning to resolve what they...