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Post Office ‘not fit for purpose to administer Horizon compensation’, say MPs in report

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The cross-party Business and Trade Committee has today (7 March) published its recommendations for delivering faster and fuller payments to Horizon scandal victims following an “abject failure” of delivering redress to date. The report recommends ending the Post Office’s involvement in any redress programmes, labelling it as…

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