“This felt very much like the launch of the Labour general election campaign”

#Newsnight Political Editor Nicholas Watt talks to Victoria Derbyshire after Sir Keir Starmer unveiled his six promises to the electorate should Labour win the election - and what he left out.

'It is my understanding that the government are going to pay compensation to both the infected and the affected.'

Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor for the Sunday Times, says the compensation package for victims of the infected blood scandal could come as soon as next week.

'We can't really say, but you probably won't be alive in two years'

Gary Webster, who was infected with HIV and Hepatitis C with contaminated blood, explains how he was told about his illness. #Newsnight

'We will be focused on that need to be getting taxes on working people down'

Victoria Derbyshire questions Chair of the Labour Party Anneliese Dodds about Labour's tax plan

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'I've been waiting 40 years for this moment'

Ade Goodyear, who was among thousands of people infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses during the 1970s and 1980s hopes that the final inquiry report next week will bring justice. #Newsnight

'At odd times you see someone you know with a pram and with a new baby and you realise it's not going to be'

Tina & Richard Warwick, who married 33 years ago, tell #Newsnight how the infected blood scandal impacted their lives

'I don't know... what it feels like... to live a normal life.'

Richard Warwick says being a victim of the infected blood scandal has meant a 'total loss of a place in society... not being able to get the things that people take for granted.'

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'Something around 33,000 people were affected in this scandal, roughly 3000 have died.'

Jim Reed, BBC Health Reporter, explains how the infected blood scandal became the 'biggest treatment disaster' since the NHS was founded.

'It's another ticking time bomb really.'

Steve Nicholls, who developed Hepatitis C after being treated with infected blood products as a child, reveals he has now been told he was also exposed to vCJD – the human form of what is commonly known as 'mad cow disease'.

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'He's, after a long surgery, conscious'

Former Slovak prime minister Eduard Heger reveals updates from the hospital following Slovakia's current PM Robert Fico having been shot earlier today: #newsnight

What is the current state of the Ukraine conflict?

Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban on where the crucial battles with Russia are being fought - and where Ukrainian forces are coming under pressure.

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'People either hate him or adore him, with equal intensity'

After the attempted assassination of Slovak prime minister Robert Fico, analyst Dalibor Rohac tells #Newsnight that he has been a polarising figure