The government has announced it will push ahead with compensation payments to infected blood victims. Speaking about the scheme, minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said: "For affected people, I expect those payments to start in 2025."
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00:00I've already announced that the estates of infected people will be able to receive
00:07interim compensation in October. The Infected Blood Compensation Authority is obviously
00:14independent of government but I expect it to be making the first payments to infected people by
00:21the end of the year. For affected people I expect those payments to start in 2025.