Jul 31, 2022
Post Office under pressure over victims' pay-outs
A public inquiry into the Post Office scandal is putting pressure on the company and the government to speed up compensation payments to victims. Some 15 months ago, the Post Office and the government as its sole shareholder, apologised to sub-postmasters and promised swift and fair compensation. Sharon Brown, a former sub-postmaster in Sunderland and mother-of- two, was accused of theft by the Post Office in 2012 and is furious that her compensation hasn't arrived yet. A Post Office spokesperson said: "Our priority is to ensure that there is meaningful compensation for victims and that such events can never happen again. Sir Wyn became so concerned about the slow progress of compensation for sub-postmasters that he took special evidence at hearings in July.During the inquiry hearings the Post Office admitted that for those without convictions it had expected hundreds of applications for compensation, but had receive thousands.
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