Inquiry announced into contaminated blood scandal that left at least 2,400 dead

Theresa May has announced a wide-ranging inquiry into the contaminated blood "scandal" of the 1970s and 1980s which left 2,400 people dead in the UK.

The Prime Minister said the treatment of thousands of haemophiliacs and other patients with blood products infected with hepatitis C and HIV was an "appalling tragedy" which should never have happened.