It's simply..WRONG WRONG WRONG

MPs blast redress scheme for IT scandal postmasters

- DAVE BURKE

ALMOST three-quarters of the £1.8billion set aside to compensate postmasters has not been paid out, shameful figures show.

A report also called on the Post Office to be kicked out of the process to address the Horizon IT scandal.

Just £499m has been received by victims, meaning more than £13bn - or 72% of the allocated pot - is unspent.

MPs voiced outrage after it emerged the Post Office paid £136m to lawyers.

The Commons Business and Trade Committee said fines must be issued if compensation targets are not met.

Data shows 14% of postmasters who applied before the original 2020 deadline have still not settled their claims.

Committee chairman Liam Byrne said: "Payments are so slow that people are dying before they get justice.

"But the lawyers are walking away with millions. This is quite simply wrong, wrong, wrong".