Rishi Sunak has been left red-faced after suffering his first House of Commons defeat as PM over the infected blood scandal.
In a nail-biting vote which ended in a 246 to 242 result in favour of a new body to help compensate vistims, the Tory Government’s huge majority was completely wiped out in a huge win for Keir Starmer and the Labour party.
As a result of the vote, the PM will now be forced into a £20 billion spending commitment this year.
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