It is understood Cumbria will lose around £10 million of funding for local services – more than £3 million for Cumberland Council, £6.5 million for Westmorland and Furness Council and £1/2 million for ...

Only 0.002% of potential claimants to the infected blood compensation scheme have been invited to seek payouts and “many will die” while they wait, a lawyer representing families and victims of the ...