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Infected blood inquiry: Rishi Sunak heckled as he fails to reply compensation questions
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Infected blood inquiry: Rishi Sunak heckled as he fails to reply compensation questions

Rishi Sunak was heckled for failing to reply questions over delays to a full compensation scheme for victims of the NHS contaminated blood scandal.The prime minister's proof to the contaminated blood inquiry was met with groans, jeers and even laughter from these listening. The response prompted Sir Brian Langstaff, chair of the inquiry, to remind individuals watching Mr Sunak that there's a custom of "respecting the witness".Politics hub: Banks 'acknowledge' Nigel Farage row has 'broken public belief'Thousands of individuals died in what's broadly recognised because the worst remedy catastrophe within the historical past of the NHS after being given contaminated blood merchandise within the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties. Campaigners need to see all these contaminated and a...
Infected Blood Inquiry: Shifty Sunak seems evasive… once more
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Infected Blood Inquiry: Shifty Sunak seems evasive… once more

For somebody who's purported to be a particulars man, Rishi Sunak clearly does not like being subjected to forensic interrogation.At a painful look earlier than the Infected Blood Inquiry, it did not assist the prime minister's temper when he was loudly heckled early on by members of the general public listening to his proof. But it obtained worse and worse. And the finale, after almost two hours, was excruciating for Mr Sunak when the inquiry chairman, Sir Brian Langstaff, delivered a robust lecture that had the PM squirming in his seat.Politics dwell: Infected Blood Inquiry ends with applause for chair's message to SunakActions fairly than phrases had been wanted, mentioned Sir Brian - a retired choose who has been credited with chairing this inquiry brilliantly. It was a r...
Ministry of Defence annual losses of greater than £800m criticised as ‘totally indefensible’
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Ministry of Defence annual losses of greater than £800m criticised as ‘totally indefensible’

A crashed F-35 stealth jet, a weak pound and a botched gas deal value the Ministry of Defence virtually £100m within the final monetary 12 months, official figures have revealed.In addition, the sum of money shelled out by the division in "special payments" jumped to £114.5m within the 12 months to the top of March in contrast with simply £5m a 12 months earlier. This included payouts value £2.5m to victims of bullying, harassment and discrimination.Politics newest: Nigel Farage says 10 banks have rejected himA campaigning group was scathing concerning the poor use of taxpayers' cash, which was revealed in an annual report on the MoD's accounts. "The scale of these losses is utterly indefensible," stated Elliot Keck, head of campaigns for TaxPayers' Alliance."From huge payout...