Grant Shapps ‘angry’ about infected blood scandal
The final report on the infected blood scandal will be published on Monday. The scandal is the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history, with more than 30,000 infected with HIV and Hepatitis C between 1970 and 1991. On Sky News, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps agreed with Trevor Phillips that the scandal was ‘one of the most shameful failures of government in our lifetime’. Shapps said he hadn’t seen the report, but was ‘angry’ at the lack of responsibility over a period of decades. He agreed that compensation has taken far too long to arrive, and said the government would make a statement quickly after the report is out.
Wes Streeting welcomes archbishop’s intervention on two-child benefit cap
After the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby called for an end to the two-child benefit cap this week, Trevor Phillips asked Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting if Welby should stay away from policy.
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