Pay contaminated blood scandal victims before they die, Boris Johnson urged

Campaigners want prime minister to advance compensation payments to those infected without delay

Campaigners are to hand-deliver a letter to Boris Johnson on Monday urging him to deliver immediate interim payments to victims of the contaminated blood scandal before more of them die.

The delegation, including people from all four UK home nations, want the prime minister to implement without delay the recommendation for interim compensation made by Sir Robert Francis QC in his government-commissioned report.