Cleverly pledge on post compensation
The Herald|February 24, 2024
HOME Secretary James Cleverly has said the Government will not be "distracted or deterred" from providing compensation to wronged subpostmasters after the Post Office said it stood by more than 350 Horizon scandal prosecutions.
Cleverly pledge on post compensation

It comes after Post Office chief executive Nick Read said in a letter to the Government last month that his organisation would oppose appeals in more than half the cases.

Writing to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk, Mr Read said the company "would be bound to oppose an appeal" in at least 369 of the 700 cases it had prosecuted.

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