MPs on the Business and Trade Committee are calling for the Post Office to be taken out of dealing with compensation
The Business and Trade Committee has called for the Post Office to be completely removed from overseeing compensation schemes
The report concluded the company is “not fit for purpose to administer any of the schemes of redress required to make amends for one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in British history”. Post Office chief executive Nick Read has also been accused of supplying “misleading evidence” to MPs relating to the company’s use of non-disclosure agreements and PR firms.
The report also recommends removing a cap on victims’ legal expenses and the introduction of a standardised set of tariffs to help estimate what they are entitled to. “The spectacle of the battle between the Post Office chief executive and its former chairman light up a simple truth; that the top of the Post Office is in utter disarray and not fit for purpose to run the payouts to former sub-postmasters."National Insurance, non-doms and alcohol: Hunt sets out spending plans in Budget
Pressure has been mounting on both the Post Office and the government to properly compensate victims of the Horizon scandal following the ITV dramaThe Group Litigation Order was set up for 555 sub-postmasters who won a case at the High Court in 2019. They were given a £42.5 million settlement at the time, but after legal costs that didn't amount to much per person.
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