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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Simon Goodley

MPs say Post Office should not oversee Horizon compensation schemes

General view of a post office in Derby
The Commons business and trade committee said the government should face financial penalties if the compensation process did not speed up. Photograph: Rui Vieira/PA

The Post Office needs to be removed from running redress schemes for victims of the Horizon scandal to prevent justice from being further delayed, an influential parliamentary committee has said.

In a report published on Wednesday, one year to the day since the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office brought the scandal to widespread public attention, the Commons business and trade committee said compensation for victims was still not being paid quickly enough and that the government should face financial penalties if the process did not speed up.

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