The chancellor confirms a story by Sky News that a new fund will bring compensation payments for those involved in a High Court class action in line with those due to other victims.
More than 700 sub-postmasters were accused of fraud or theft as a result of a faulty Post Office IT systemThe Treasury has revealed that sub-postmasters who helped uncover the Post Office Horizon IT scandal are to secure additional compensation after their payouts were dwarfed by legal fees.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the move in the wake of a story by Sky News on Monday that the so-called 'forgotten' 555 victims would benefit from aMembers of the group, who first took the Post Office to court on the grounds they were wrongly prosecuted due to the faulty IT system, only received a fraction of the sum awarded by the High Court in a 2019 settlement.
"Without the efforts of these postmasters, this terrible injustice may have never been uncovered so it is only right that they are compensated fully and fairly.
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