Running costs of vaccine damage scheme more than double amount paid to victims
The cost of administration and medical checks has now topped £83m, according to new figures.
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"It offers too little, too late, to too few and the cost of running it shows how inefficient it is."
— Kate Scott , Activist
"The public would be 'stunned' at the cost and called for the government to urgently review the scheme."
— Sir Christopher Chope , Politician
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Baroness Heather Hallett is the chair of the Covid inquiry.
Dame Diana Johnson is a British politician and health minister.
Kate Scott is a representative of the Vaccine Injured and Bereaved UK group.
Sir Christopher Chope is a British Conservative MP.
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