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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin

Post Office scandal victims could be exonerated, Rishi Sunak suggests

BBC

The government is examining ways to speed up the appeals process for wrongly convicted Post Office branch managers after what has been described as one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history.

Moves could include exonerating all those involved or removing the Post Office’s ability to investigate or prosecute suspecter officers, Rishi Sunak has confirmed.

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