Revealed: Government’s ‘Orwellian’ unit blocked infected blood scandal disclosure

Campaigner whose father died of HIV calls secrecy ‘outrageous’; staff in Michael Gove’s Cabinet Office cited Chilcot Inquiry while delaying Freedom of Information requests

openDemocracy
Growing calls for Ken Clarke to be stripped of his peerage over infected blood scandal

Damning final report of the official inquiry into the tragedy accused the Tory grandee of ‘indefensible’ actions and ‘misleading’ the public

The Independent
Revealed: UK government was warned of infected blood risks in 1970s

Documents show officials were told blood plasma harvested from US convicts was contaminated with viruses

The Guardian
UK swapped to fatal US blood products to save money, minutes suggest

Exclusive: contaminated blood campaigners say internal 1976 Immuno AG document proves British government negligence

The Guardian