The Post Office scandal involving software issues has led to delays in compensating sub-postmasters who experienced shortfalls. MPs, including Kevan Jones and Liam Byrne, are pushing for redress and overturning unjust convictions. Government announces legislation to clear victims' names.
MPs are working together to speed up fair financial redress to help #subpostmasters get justice. If you were a #subpostmaster in my constituency who experienced shortfalls due to #Horizon software issues, please get in touch so I can assist. #Brighton https://t.co/LcJarYbsE6
🔴 Letting off guilty postmasters is ‘price worth paying’ to exonerate innocent, says minister https://t.co/BvgxlyObPw
Horizon Post Office scandal: New legislation to quash convictions 'does not set precedent'. https://t.co/F3SQfeIp2N
🗓️Next Tuesday, @CommonsBTC be shining a light on why it’s taking an outrageously long time to pay full redress to the victims of Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice: our subpostmasters 📺 You can watch on https://t.co/QATSZgaGq7 📋 Here’s the full list of people called… https://t.co/xovLLfEKNT
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced earlier this year there would be blanket legislation to clear the names of the sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted Read more🔗 https://t.co/4VAcpa254y
Today, my dept announced the unprecedented measures we are taking to deliver justice for postmasters. We will be bringing legislation forward to quash all convictions which are identified as being in scope of the horizon scandal. 👇 https://t.co/HTfpSBCdtP
🗨️Following the Government’s announcement of its legislative plans to overturn the convictions of innocent former sub-postmasters, our Chair @liambyrnemp warned many could be "imprisoned by poverty" without full compensation. #PostOfficeHorizon https://t.co/09Vk6stimo
The #HorizonPostOfficeScandal is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British history. I asked the Minister what he is doing to restore public confidence in the Post Office, technology & his Department & if he recognises that swift compensation is a vital part of that. https://t.co/e2FLtUW4KF
Law to clear hundreds of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters expected in July https://t.co/Xf204x9biy
Law to clear Post Office victims should be UK-wide, says Naomi Long https://t.co/TaToOT5hnE
Government lays out how they'll clear Post Office victims under new law | ITV News https://t.co/Ly7Z3NUWKn
Thanks to @KevanJonesMP for securing this UQ. If you're a constituent who was a sub-postmaster and experienced shortfalls in your Post Office due to software issues, please get in touch so I can assist you. Vital all those affected receive the redress they deserve. https://t.co/7uDQlivwlj
Details of legislation to exonerate subpostmasters wronged in the Horizon scandal have been set out by the Government ✍️: @sophie_wing8 & @ninallloyd https://t.co/kpKW8ncPmu
UPDATE: The government has set out legislation/criteria for overturning sub-postmaster convictions relating to Horizon. There is reference to this applying to 'relevant pilot schemes', though unclear if this means Capture. I've asked govt for clarity. https://t.co/RoDBkh8jDg
UK government sets out plans to exonerate Post Office scandal victims https://t.co/qDrSRmWNbr
BREAKING: Exonerating guilty people 'price worth paying' to resolve Post Office scandal, government says. 🔗 Read more https://t.co/MR9rAFtoqo
BREAKING: Exonerating guilty people 'price worth paying' to resolve Post Office scandal, government says. 🔗 Read more 👇 https://t.co/ybMvVRHTBJ
#Subpostmasters have waited years for justice - mistreated by Post Office & ignored by Govt Tory MP's attempts to shout me down at #PMQs won't distract from their failures & delaying tactics Instead of insulting #PostOffceScandal victims PM should be delivering justice @CWUnews https://t.co/Te2AK7bMhq
Bill to clear victims of Horizon scandal will assume Post Office was 'discredited' as prosecuting authority, minister says - https://t.co/EvsfZpykYs
Post Office victims wronged in Horizon scandal to have names cleared https://t.co/zhzNmbY0Gp
Hundreds of Post Office scandal victims set to be cleared as new legislation announced https://t.co/LoHnwHPeyX
I welcome the Government’s announcement that a Bill will be presented to Parliament shortly to exonerate all those convicted as a result of the Horizon system. My full response 👇 https://t.co/ofXJnbaBCU
Hundreds of people wrongly convicted in Post Office scandal to have names cleared as government announces new legislation https://t.co/eatqhFFY3t
Post Office victims set to be cleared under new law https://t.co/AiB7TSZOL5
📮 POST OFFICE SCANDAL | Today we’ve learned just 15% of the budget for compensation has actually been paid out! This is disgraceful. It’s one more reason why we need a legally binding ‘instruction to deliver’ to pay redress FAST! #PostOfficeScandal - #PostOfficeInquiry -… https://t.co/xdSX6LOePr
📮 POST OFFICE SCANDAL | Today we’ve learned just 15% of the budget for compensation has actually been paid out! This is disgraceful. It’s one more reason why we need a legally binding ‘instruction to deliver’ to pay redress FAST #PostOfficeScandal - #PostOfficeInquiry -… https://t.co/X69RWm5D7u
📮 POST OFFICE SCANDAL | Today we’ve learned just 15% of the budget for compensation has actually been paid out! This is disgraceful. It’s one more reason why we need a legally binding ‘instruction to deliver’ to pay redress FAST https://t.co/QpOwaRlZJi
Still no answers on: ❓Whether UK Government Investments instructed Post Office CEO to write to the Justice Secretary ❓When convictions will be overturned ❓If those affected by Capture will be included #PostOfficeScandal https://t.co/CyQFUEoFCF
If you're a constituent of Exeter who was a sub-postmaster and experienced shortfalls in your Post Office due to software issues, please get in touch via email so that I can assist you. I am working with colleagues to ensure all those affected receive the redress they deserve.
🔴 MP for North Durham @KevanJonesMP is asking an urgent question: "To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade if she will make a statement on financial redress for sub-postmasters and outstanding issues relating to the Post Office Horizon scandal." Watch live ⬇️
I have been granted an Urgent Question in the Commons from 10:30am to try to get more answers from Ministers on #PostOfficeScandal. I will also be seeking an update on what progress has been made to overturn the convictions of all those unjustly prosecuted by the Post Office. https://t.co/HgOgUSGdqD
This reminds me that Kevan is helping MPs to ensure as many people as possible come forward. If you were a sub-postmaster and experienced shortfalls in your Post Office due to software issues, please get in touch so that I can assist you to get redress. https://t.co/5n5KoJ7hku
'It's really frustrating. We've been promised time and time again, if we roll this back to 2019, we were promised it would be sorted then. Five years on, and it still hasn't.' Former sub-Postmaster, and victim, Christopher Head, reacts to the delay of compensation payouts. https://t.co/lBqPjPvjRp
As the Post Office compensation row escalates, @IainDale and his Cross Question panel discuss the damage of the scandal. Watch live on @GlobalPlayer.
The Post Office scandal - more trouble on the Horizon? On the #Daily podcast, @skynewsniall speaks to Labour MP and chair of the Business and Trade Committee, @liambyrnemp, who says it's now his job at next Tuesday's committee to "flush out who is telling the truth". 🎧👇
If you were a sub-postmaster and experienced shortfalls in your Post Office due to software issues, please get in touch so that I can assist you. I am working with colleagues to ensure all those affected receive the redress they deserve. #PostOffice