20 May 2024, 09:03

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By EJ Ward

The Government will have to address any evidence of criminal wrongdoing in the report into the infected blood scandal, Paymaster General John Glen has said.

Asked how likely it is that criminal proceedings could be brought, he told LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast: "If there's clear evidence and there is a pathway to that, then it's obviously something the Government will have to address. I can't be sure, but we've got to give these people justice."

He said the Government has not yet seen the report, which is due to be released at 12.30pm, and would not confirm the reported £10 billion compensation figure.

"Today it's about actually coming to terms with the British state being culpable for a lot of suffering for a lot of people," he said.

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Victims of the infected blood scandal have described feeling "emotional and nervous" as the final report into the worst treatment disaster in the history of the NHS is due to be published.

The Infected Blood Inquiry will conclude later after decades of "tireless" work by campaigners.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is widely expected to issue an apology following the publication of the report, which will lay bare the scale of the failings.

Tens of thousands of people in the UK were infected with deadly viruses after they were given contaminated blood and blood products between the 1970s and early 1990s.

These include people who needed blood transfusions for accidents, in surgery or during childbirth, and patients with certain blood disorders who........

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