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The Post Office told the select committee in December that legal fees had made up £136m of the cost of administering the Post Office-led schemes since 2020, which is around 27% of the ...
A petition demanding compensation for people affected by the Post Office Horizon IT scandal is nearing 600,000 signatures, as campaigner Alan Bates gives evidence to the public inquiry into the ...
Hundreds are still awaiting compensation despite the previous government announcing that those who have had convictions quashed are eligible for £600,000 payouts.
The Post Office recorded a total of £816m in "exceptional expenses" for the year to 31 March 2024, which includes the legal and running costs as well as the money spent on compensation and ...
In January 2024, after the announcement of the exoneration bill, Downing Street confirmed that it expected compensation to exceed £1bn; [156] authorisation to pay the compensation was given by Parliament in the Post Office (Horizon System) Compensation Act 2024 (c. 1).
It is understood that around 1,000 people who received compensation from the Horizon Shortfall Scheme in the 2022/23 tax year will need to declare the payments via self-assessment and pay any tax due.
The scandal has recently come back into the spotlight following ITV’s four-part drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office. Here, the PA news agency looks at what the scandal is all about: – What is ...
Mrs Hamilton, 66, was falsely accused of stealing £36,000 from the Post Office branch she ran in South Warnborough, Hampshire. She pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of false accounting to avoid ...