Announcement imminent on plan to overturn Horizon subpostmasters’ convictions
Postal services minister Kevin Hollinrake said the Government was ‘very close’ to announcing how it would clear the names of those wrongly convicted.
Postal services minister Kevin Hollinrake said the Government was ‘very close’ to announcing how it would clear the names of those wrongly convicted.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said they were victims of ‘one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history’.
The Prime Minister said the Post Office Horizon IT system scandal was ‘one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history’.
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It comes as public anger over the Horizon IT scandal saw former Post Office boss Paula Vennells hand back her CBE.
The actor plays Lee Castleton, who was bankrupted after his legal fight, in the ITV drama.
Mr Bates Vs The Post Office stars Toby Jones, Will Mellor, Monica Dolan and Julie Hesmondhalgh.
The former Post Office boss has bowed to pressure to announce she will hand back the honour.
Postmasters struggling to meet the tax deadline due to late top-up payments will have any penalties or associated interest cancelled, HMRC said.
The ITV show details how hundreds of sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused.
A Bill to overturn subpostmasters’ convictions is one of the options being considered.
The former chief executive was appointed a CBE in December 2018.
A former sub-postmistress who was wrongly jailed in the Horizon post office scandal is still awaiting compensation, almost three years after her conviction was quashed.
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A journalist who has been following the Post Office Scandal for a decade and crowd funds to raise money to help the victims will be coming to the West Midlands.