Post Office scandal: Labour urge govt to act ‘speedily’
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Post Office scandal: Labour urge govt to act ‘speedily’
The Chair of the Labour Party Annaliese Dodds has called on the government to act “speedily” in the process of overturning convictions of the sub-postmasters who were victims of the Post Office Scandal.
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Former sub-postmaster Alan Bates has received a knighthood from the King. The 70-year-old is the leading campaigner for sub-postmasters in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting has called for quick compensation and exoneration for victims of the Post Office scandal and has questioned how the scandal escaped ministerial notice.
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Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho has hailed the government for taking an “unprecedented step” to exonerate all of the victims of the Post Office scandal “as quickly as possible.”
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Labour has condemned the “egregious miscarriage” of the Post Office scandal, with Shadow Schools Minister Catherine McKinnell saying it is “right” that it’s made a priority. Report by..