Rishi Sunak announces law quashing Post Office scandal convictions
Today I can announce that we will introduce new primary legislation to make sure that those convicted as a result of the Horizon Scandal are swiftly exonerated and compensated we will also introduce a new upfront payment of £75,000 for the vital Glo group of postmasters and can I thank
My honorable friend the member for th Molton for all his hard work on this issue he will set out more details to the house shortly we will make sure the truth comes to light we write the wrongs of the past and the victims get the Justice they deserve it is a huge
Injustice people lost their lives their Liberty and their livelihood and they’ve been waiting far too long for the truth for justice and for compensation so I’m glad the prime minister is putting forward a proposal we will look at the details and I think it’s the job of all
Of us to make sure that it delivers the justice that is so needed yeah
Rishi Sunak said the Post Office Horizon scandal was one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in UK history during prime minister’s questions, as he announced the government would introduce primary legislation to ensure those convicted would be exonerated.
Sunak also announced an extra £75,000 compensation payment for victims and said an inquiry was under way and almost £150m had already been paid in compensation.
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33 comments
Disgrace
Every time I see the PM,
I have a special feeling
that Britain used to rule India for 100 years
and now, an Indian is ruling Britain.
Kier Starmer has been pretty quiet at speaking out publically on this subject, any reason?
Does anyone else realise? Long skull Sunak enacting legislation to 'pardon' (not overturn the convictions) will sweep it under the carpet fast, with minimum so called compensation? A retired Head of the Criminal Cases Review Commission was on TV today stating that legislation should only be enacted when all other avenues have been exhausted. They haven't been, even though it would have only taken months (instead of the years so far) for the commission and Court of Appeal to overturn the convictions. It could have been done long ago. No doubt they could also award a much higher level of compensation to surviving victims. As well as properly investigate the roles and liability arising from the legal Duty of Care of those at the very top.
It must go the Criminal Cases Review Commission and Highest Court for it to be properly overturned, better compensation and for the culprits to be banged to rights.
Thank you Rishi for keeping us British people happy, ♥
The British people need to keep an eye on exactly who is covered by this announcement! If its like other government announcement significant number of postmasters will not be fully covered and things are kicked into the long grass and forgotten about. The other matter is prosecution of Post Office and Fujitsu employees (past and present) who perverted justice that resulted in innocent lives being destroyed. One MP described what went on at Post Office as lying on a industrial scale. Such behavior cannot go unpunished, and handing back a CBE does not scratch the surface.
Why bother the king can overturn it anyway get on with it charles !!
Why is nobody talking about what party was in Government when Horizon was started in the Post Office and how much they knew about the problems .
It was Labour under Blair if anyone is interested
Yeeeeeeeerrrrrrrer
Where were you when the public needed you… Electioneering and embarrassing. Took the programme for you to stand up and finally do something
I've come to the conclusion this is another business that's somehow deliberately been damaged like all the other businesses going down…I feel something else is going on…Yet I don't know enough…Same as the NHS which is clearly going private-Things in the publics eye clearly stays hidden…This is my opinion…
How has this taken over 2 decades absolutely disgraceful that it only comes to light because of a TV show highlighting the grave errors made
How about British people vote for British people to rule Britain
The CEO is disgusting. The whole saga is corrupt. People convicted. Government is dreadful. Awful. Goodbye Sunak.
£75,000 per person is not even close. Furious.
Thankyou Rishi for acting so quickly after the ITV programme. The ten million viewers are not fooled and they won't be fooled come election time
Do not confuse Law with Legislation 😅😅
I would like to know if these alleged criminal workers were replaced and if the problem was still present, whether the same fate befell their replacements? If not, it can only mean that a problem had been rectified and a cover-up took place. Otherwise the problem would have perpetuated. Can anyone assist?
If this had happened in the eighties then World in Action would have battered the Post Office when this was happening. Contemporary British journalism is an absolute joke, living off the reputation built by the pillars of the past, just like the politicians.
The only reason this has happened is because of the drama about this scandal. The population is angry as it could have been you or me. All i see is a political figure trying to slime his way out of any responsibilities or egg on his face. Granted he wasn't in power for all those years but the Conservative party was for the most part. You watch how they now throw people under the bus to save themselves. Its just what they do. The post office and those in charge do need to be held accountable for this.
While this horiffic post office scandal is going on, dont forget.The Panama Paper scandal, pvp scandal, Jeffery Epstein scandal, Michelle Mone scandal etc, etc. Don''t look here look there.
If the politicians change the law to allow mass exonorations, they can use it later to get their crook mates off of the above scandals too.
While this horiffic post office scandal is going on, dont forget, The Panama Paper scandal, pvp scandal, Jeffery Epstein scandal, Michelle Mone scandal etc, etc. Don''t look here look there.
If the politicians change the law to allow mass exonorations, they can use it later to get their crook mates off of the above scandals too.
Oh hand back CBE. She wont be able to command the British Empire anymore 😢😢😢😢😢
sponsor of the Bandera regime 🤬🤬🤬
Sunak The Shame of Europe
United Kingdom could do batter then this Indian guy I mean come on …
We're going to give you some money, we've even put flowers on gravestones, 'whoops, sorry about that chum, our bad'
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What a lot of bollocs .They knew about it all time.£75000 compensation what a joke. Give people their lives back!
Never trust the Tories!