The Post Office needs to be “taken out” of its role in administering redress schemes for victims of the Horizon scandal, Labour MP Liam Byrne has said, as the “legal bill appears to be racking up all the time” on compensation.

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Post Office: MPs call for financial penalty for slow payouts

The business and trade select committee says the schemes are so poorly designed, the application process is like a second trial.

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The cross-party Commons Business and Trade Committee has called for the Post Office to be removed from the compensation process with 72% of cash set aside still not paid out

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Damning report into Post Office compensation finds £1.3bn still hasn't been paid

THE Post Office must be removed from its role handling compensation schemes for the Horizon scandal victims, MPs say.Payouts are not being handed out

Post Office 'must be removed handling compo schemes for Horizon victims'

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Legal fees amount to more than one quarter of total paid to victims of scandal

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Post Office accused of wasting £136m on lawyers over Horizon compensation scheme

Just £499 million of the budgeted £1.8 billion has been paid out so far.

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Post Office needs to be taken out of Horizon redress scheme, MP says

A committee of MPs has called for the government to be fined if it fails to provide redress quickly enough to victims of the Horizon software scandal, as its report said the Post Office has spent at least £136m on legal fees. New legally enforceable time limits for each stage of claim processing should be […]

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Even though many victims of the Post Office scandal are still waiting for compensation, City law firms have booked millions in fees for their work dealing with the fallout.  The scale of the bill was laid out in the Business and Trade Committee’s ‘unfinished business’ report. The report looked at the process of financial redress for victims, which falls under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme (HSS). The report noted the high fees paid out to the lawy…

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Photo Rui Vieira/PA Wire The Post Office needs to be “taken out” of its role in administering redress schemes for victims of the Horizon scandal, Labour MP Liam Byrne has said, as the “legal bill appears to be racking up all the time” on compensation. The Commons Business and Trade Committee said compensation for victims is still not being paid quickly enough and the Government should face financial penalties if the process does not speed up. In…

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