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Will Ken Clarke lose his peerage?

21 May 2024

8:28 PM

21 May 2024

8:28 PM

In the aftermath of the tainted blood scandal, there is no shortage of blame to go around – but some are more culpable than others. As a junior health minister from 1982 to 1985, Ken Clarke was at the heart of Whitehall as reports of the risks from blood transfusion began to be published.

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