From the infected blood scandal to the Post Office saga, the dead hand of officialdom is everywhere in the UK
Starmer’s main hurdle in the next parliament will be whether the party can effectively blame the Tories for future problems
Total package for those affected could cost more than £10bn
Many nations have already paid compensation and prosecuted individuals involved in decades-old treatment disaster
Public inquiry finds British state guilty of ‘chilling’ and ‘pervasive’ cover-up
Suffering and deaths of thousands of victims could have been avoided
Brian Langstaff’s long-awaited report found failures by government departments and various parts of NHS
Sir Brian Langstaff accuses NHS, ministers and officials of ‘a lack of openness, transparency and candour’
Compensation expected to be announced after conclusion of seven-year public inquiry on Monday
Final report of public inquiry will seek to bring closure to dark chapter of British medical history next week
Nearly 120 MPs want ‘reassurance’ that redress payments will be included in Jeremy Hunt’s statement on March 6
Officials defend decision to wait for report recommendations as campaigners demand ministers speed up compensation payments
Delay of inquiry’s final report means the compensation scheme would not be ‘scored’ in chancellor’s next Budget
Tory parliamentary defeat over payouts highlights challenge for Rachel Reeves to meet chancellor’s painful and rigid limits
Labour backbencher’s move to accelerate compensation plans leads 23 Tory MPs to vote against the government
Victims still await compensation from a case of shocking government indifference, professional malpractice and commercial greed
Prime minister says officials working ‘as quickly as thoroughness allows’ to address ‘tragedy’
Payout expected to be extended to families of victims who contracted HIV and hepatitis C from contaminated transfusions
Inquiry chair recommends payment to victims’ families who have ‘so far gone unrecognised’
Scale of NHS treatment disaster implies £400mn bill for those ‘living on borrowed time’
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