10 h. ago Victims of infected blood scandal are being left 'waiting to die in limbo' over delays in Government's compensation scheme

Those infected with HIV and hepatitis described 'waiting to die in limbo' while the organisation overseeing claims continues its decision-making 'behind closed doors'.

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14 h. ago Government urges Fujitsu to pay compensation to victims of Post Office scandal

Some victims were sent to prison or financially ruined, others were shunned by their communities, and some took their own lives.

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20 h. ago Compensation scheme for blood scandal ‘stripped victims of their dignity’

Charities have welcomed an additional report into compensation for infected blood victims.

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20 h. ago Infected blood victims facing ‘new layer of psychological pain’ amid compensation failings, damning report finds

Brian Langstaff concluded the government’s apology would be meaningless if victims are not involved in the compensation process

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21 h. ago Infected blood scandal victims 'harmed further' by compensation delays, scathing new report finds

Chairman of inquiry into scandal say just 460 people receiving compensation ‘profoundly unsatisfactory’ as he calls for ‘faster and fairer’ compensation for victims

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21 h. ago Infected blood scandal victims continue to be let down, scathing report finds as only 460 people out of thousands have received compensation

Infected Blood Inquiry chairman Sir Brian Langstaff (pictured inset) said victims 'have not been listened to', with decisions made behind closed doors regarding their compensation claims.

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21 h. ago Ministers did not listen to infected blood victims, says UK inquiry chair

Brian Langstaff urges overhaul of compensation system, which report says was designed without consulting victimsVictims of the infected blood scandal have “not been listened to” by ministers, the chair of the inquiry has said in a report urging an overhaul of the compensation system.The additional report lays bare the failings of the government’s detailed compensation scheme, and sets out recommendations to make it fairer and faster. In particular, it criticises ministers for designing the scheme without consulting the scandal’s victims, as was recommended in the inquiry’s May 2024 report, which it says has led to “obvious injustices” that could have been avoided. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago ‘Oldest’ victim of Horizon IT scandal says ordeal ‘destroyed’ her health

Betty Brown, 92, from County Durham, ran the Annfield Plain Post Office with her late husband when the faulty Horizon software was introduced.

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44 h. ago 9 major findings from bombshell Post Office report as victims suffered 'disastrous' impact

A bombshell report by Sir Wyn Williams, found that the impact on Horizon scandal victims had been 'disastrous' and Post Office bosses should have known the faulty software could produce errors

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44 h. ago Post Office scandal report ‘shows full scale of horror unleashed on victims’

The report said 59 victims of the scandal contemplated suicide with 10 attempting to take their own lives.

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45 h. ago At least THIRTEEN people may have taken their own lives over the Post Office Horizon scandal with scale of victims' suffering 'hard to exaggerate', damning inquiry finds

More than a dozen people may have taken their own lives over the Horizon scandal and many more who were wrongly accused also contemplated suicide, an inquiry has found.

Society

45 h. ago Suicides, bankruptcy, divorce, and abuse as victims of huge scandal had lives ruined

The independent investigation into the Horizon scandal has published its first report

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45 h. ago 13 people feared to have taken their own lives over Horizon Post Office scandal

On top of this a total of 59 victims of the Horizon scandal contemplated suicide with 10 attempting to take their own lives, the report by Sir Wyn Williams said.

Society

45 h. ago Post Office scandal drove 13 victims to suicide and dozens more considered taking their own lives, damning inquiry report reveals

Inquiry report delivers devastating assessment of the damage done by the scandal, which is one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history

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48 h. ago Post Office Inquiry to deliver verdict on compensation for victims of one of UK's biggest scandals

Victims of the Post Office scandal have repeatedly criticised the compensation scheme

Society

55 h. ago First tranche of final report from Horizon scandal inquiry to be published

The first volume is set to cover the devastating impact the scandal had on victims and the compensation process.

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4 d. ago Infected blood scandal victims will get paid quicker, minister promises

Cabinet Office Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has told officials to "do what is necessary to remove barriers and speed up payments."

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8 d. ago Nuked Blood: Post Office victims and Hillsborough survivors join veterans to urge Met investigation

After the Met was accused of a "cop out" on failing to investigate the Nuked Blood cover-up, victims of the Post Office scandal and the Hillsborough tragedy have joined veterans to urge ministers to intervene

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1 week ago UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel disinformation, banning lobbying

Rapporteur calls for defossilization of economies and urgent reparations to avert ‘catastrophic’ rights and climate harmsA leading UN expert is calling for criminal penalties against those peddling disinformation about the climate crisis and a total ban on fossil fuel industry lobbying and advertising, as part of a radical shake-up to safeguard human rights and curtail planetary catastrophe.Elisa Morgera, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and climate change who presents her damning new report to the general assembly in Geneva on Monday, argues that the US, UK, Canada, Australia and other wealthy fossil fuel nations are legally obliged under international law to fully phase out oil, gas and coal by 2030 – and compensate communities for harms caused. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Post Office compensation happening far too slowly, damning report finds

A report by the cross-party Public Accounts Committee (PAC) found victims of the Horizon IT scandal are still not getting the payouts they deserve with the Government taking 'insufficient' action

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