A possible Labour plan would provide compensation to thousands of Britons who claim that AstraZeneca's Covid injections have left them crippled.A customized program, such to the one already in place for victims of the contaminated blood scandal, is presently being planned by Health Secretary Wes Streeting for people who will be impacted by life-altering disorders following vaccination. Concerns that the current Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme (VDPS) is straining under the weight of a mound of claims from people experiencing the negative effects of Covid vaccines have led to the ideas, which The Telegraph has revealed.Just last month, Streeting and Andrew Gwynne, a health minister, met with campaigners from Vaccine Bereaved and Injured UK (Vibuk) to discuss their concerns about the existing compensation scheme.

A number of the families represented by Vibuk are involved in legal action against AstraZeneca - which earlier this year admitted in court documents that its Covid vaccines can, "in very rare cases" cause a side effect.The UK-Swedish pharmaceutical firm is being sued in a class action over claims that the vaccine, developed with Oxford University, led to dozens of cases of death and serious injury.

Shadow Attorney General Sir Jeremy Wright was also at the meeting with Streeting and Vibuk last month - and is said to have another follow-up meeting with the Health Secretary scheduled in the coming weeks.