Former work and pensions secretary joins James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat and Robert Jenrick in announcing he will stand
People who lost relatives from the infected blood scandal will be able to apply for interim compensation payments from the autumn, a minister has told the Commons, also reiterating the government’s commitment to enacting the findings of the report into what happened.
Nick Thomas-Symonds, who as paymaster general is a senior minister in the Cabinet Office, which is responsible for the compensation scheme, said this would help relatives who had not yet been able to receive support.
On Monday, the British public are finally going to see the true scale of the damage the Conservatives have done to the public finances.
They spent taxpayers’ money like no tomorrow because they knew someone else would have to pick up the bill. It now falls to Labour to fix the foundations of our economy and that work has already begun.”
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