Reeves announces £13.6bn compensation for scandal victims

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces the government will compensate those impacted by the Infected Blood scandal and Post Office Horizon scandal.    She accuses the previous government of failing to budget for the long-overdue compensation to redress the ‘pain and injustice’ suffered by victims. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I would politely suggest that honourable members listen to this, because it includes funding

00:05for vital compensation schemes for victims of two terrible injustices, the infected blood

00:11scandal and the Post Office Horizon scandal. The Leader of the Opposition rightly made

00:18an unequivocal apology for the injustice of the infected blood scandal on behalf of the

00:23British state, but he did not budget for the costs of compensation. Today, for the very

00:31first time, we will provide specific funding to compensate those infected and those affected

00:38in full, with £11.8 billion in this Budget. And I am also today setting aside £1.8 billion

00:49to compensate victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal, a redress that is long overdue for

00:56the pain and injustice that they have suffered.

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