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Seema Misra Says Post Office Scandal 'Taken 21 Years of My Life'
MPs demand Fujitsu fund nearly £2 billion Post Office redress as 11,500 claimants have received £1.48 billion, while thousands await compensation amid structural compensation failings.
- On March 13, the Business and Trade Committee urged Fujitsu to fund nearly £2 billion in redress and to quash pre‑Horizon/Capture convictions, criticising its lack of interim payments.
- The Horizon accounting system, run by Fujitsu, produced apparent shortfalls prompting wrongful prosecutions, while the predecessor Capture accounting software used in up to 2,500 Post Office branches in the 1990s likely caused accounting errors, a 2024 government-commissioned report found.
- Progress has been made with 87% of eligible Horizon Shortfall Scheme applications offered, and over 11,500 claimants received payments totaling 1.48 billion as of February 27.
- Liam Byrne, chairman of the BTC, said there are 'serious structural failings still blocking the road to justice', with victims retraumatised and thousands waiting while a Capture‑era appeal is before the Court of Appeal.
- The BTC urged the government to seek an urgent interim payment from Fujitsu and publish its contracts, while calling for urgent legislation and investigation into the miscarriage of justice.
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·Leeds, United Kingdom
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