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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 ...
The inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal, which saw more than 900 sub-postmasters prosecuted for stealing because of incorrect information from the Horizon computer system, ends this week.
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 ...
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 ...
Sarah Osolinski, 65, who ran the Gaer Park Post Office in Newport, South Wales, from October 1996 to June 2010, said: “This whole experience has been a living nightmare.”
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).
Hundreds are still awaiting compensation despite the previous government saying that those who have had convictions quashed are eligible for £600,000 payouts. The scandal is one of the most ...
The Congressional Post Office scandal was the discovery of corruption among various Congressional Post Office employees and members of the United States House of Representatives, investigated 1991–1995, culminating in House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski (D-IL) pleading guilty in 1996 to reduced charges of mail fraud.