Ken Clarke Facing Calls To Be Stripped Of His Peerage Over Infected Blood Response

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Ken Clarke Facing Calls To Be Stripped Of His Peerage Over Infected Blood Response
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Former Tory health secretary Ken Clarke is facing calls to be stripped of his peerage over his handling of the infected blood scandal in the 1980s.

Sir Brian accused him of being “unfairly dismissive of, and disparaging towards, many who had suffered physically, mentally, socially and financially from what occurred”.He said the peer’s evidence to the inquiry in 2021 had been “combative” and “argumentative”.

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