Victims cry and cheer as Infected Blood Inquiry report released in Britain

Chairman of the Infected Blood Inquiry Sir Brian Langstaff, centre, with victims and campaigners outside Central Hall in Westminster, London (Jeff Moore/PA)

Victims of the infected blood scandal hugged, cried and cheered the chairman of the inquiry after their decades-long campaign for justice in Britain.

Infected Blood Inquiry chairman Brian Langstaff criticised a “catalogue of failures” that led to avoidable deaths in a statement at Central Hall in Westminster.