Feb 17, 2022

Post Office scandal: MPs call for full postmaster compensation

Post Office workers who successfully challenged faulty Horizon software in civil courts should be fully compensated, MPs have said. A new report from a cross-party group of MPs says the 555 people who took the Post Office to court should receive money for their losses. Hundreds were taken to court for fraud after Horizon led to accounting errors at branches across the UK.But in 2019, a group of 555 subpostmasters and mistresses successfully challenged the Post Office over the Horizon system in the High Court. Her husband received a community service order, to clean graves, after arranging a plea bargain with the Post Office. The Post Office has previously said it is "Sincerely sorry for the impact of the Horizon scandal on the lives of victims and their families and we are in no doubt about the human cost".

Read the full story

 Related companies

Make a complaint about Post Office by viewing their customer service contacts.