17 h. ago Infected blood scandal victims 'will die before getting compensation'

Over 30,000 people in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C after they were given contaminated blood and blood products.

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20 h. ago Infected blood victims will die before they get compensation, minister accepts

The inquiry is examining the ‘timeliness and adequacy of the Government’s response to compensation’.

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25 h. ago Inquiry hears of ‘anguish’ over compensation for infected blood victims

The inquiry is examining the ‘timeliness and adequacy of the Government’s response to compensation’.

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3 d. ago Infected blood scandal victims are 'scared' they won't live to see £11.8billion compensation after raft of delays

New hearings this week will examine the 'timeliness and adequacy' of the Government's response to payouts almost a year after a final report was published into the disaster.

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3 d. ago Infected blood victims ‘scared they won’t live to see compensation’

It comes amid growing disquiet among affected groups about the compensation scheme.

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1 week ago Fury as domestic abusers can claim compensation for UK’s biggest health scandal

The government said it had looked into exclude anyone with relevant convictions, but could find no practical way of doing so.

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2 w. ago ICJ hears Sudan case accusing UAE of ‘complicity in genocide’

United Arab Emirates says Sudan ‘misusing’ world court in proceedings relating to African nation’s civil warThe international court of justice will rule in the next few weeks on whether the United Arab Emirates can be plausibly found “complicit in the commission of genocide” by arming the Rapid Support Forces militia in Sudan’s civil war.The case was brought by Sudan, whose acting justice minister, Muawia Osman, told the world court in The Hague last week that the country’s “ongoing genocide would not be possible without the complicity of the UAE, including the shipment of arms to the RSF”. Sudan wants ICJ judges to force the UAE to stop its alleged support for the RSF and make “full reparations”, including compensation to victims of the war. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago London road crime: specialist Met police unit only investigates one in 10 serious injury crashes

Concern that many victims are treated as lower priority and struggle to secure compensation

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3 w. ago ‘I didn’t trust the system’: lasting trauma of Windrush victim barred from UK for 10 years

Winston Jones, who for a decade was unable to return home from Jamaica, almost didn’t apply for compensation, fearing it was a trapWinston Jones has worked hard to rebuild his life after Home Office errors meant he was unable to return to his family in the UK for 10 years after taking a short holiday in Jamaica in 2005, enduring a decade of near destitution and homelessness in Kingston.Jones, 64, a former bakery manager at Sainsbury’s, has used the money he received from the Windrush compensation scheme to set up a podcast studio and music recording unit in Manchester, working with his son to create opportunities for local young people. Continue reading...

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