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    Labour and Tory rebels threaten Government defeat over infected blood

    by Pa Reporters Dec 04, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Conservative MPs and Labour could join forces on Monday to inflict a defeat on the Government over calls for a new body to help infected blood victims.

    Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed Labour will support an amendment to the Victims and Prisoners Bill which would establish a body for a full compensation scheme for thousands of patients infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.

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