Contaminated blood scandal payouts to start by end of year, says UK government

Individuals could get up to 2.6m in compensation over blood products that caused HIV and hepatitis C

Victims of the contaminated blood scandal will begin receiving compensation before the end of the year, and some people will be entitled to more than 2.5m, the government has confirmed.

An outline of the long-awaited compensation scheme was set out in May, after the final report of the infected blood inquiry laid bare what Rishi Sunak, the then UK prime minister, called a decades-long moral failure at the heart of our national life".