INFECTED blood scandal victims’ families will be able to apply for £100,000 in compensation from October, the government confirmed today.

Cabinet Office Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds reiterated the government’s “deep and heartfelt” apology to the victims as he told the Commons that the new Labour government will meet the compensation deadlines set out under the previous Conservative administration.

He said: “The infected blood scandal is an injustice that has spanned across decades on an unprecedented scale.