NEW: The Government has been forced into announcing it will pay for Post Office Historical Shortfall Scheme stating: "The Scheme closed in August 2020 and received over 2,400 applications. This number was higher than the Post Office had anticipated...
… when the Scheme was established… However, the cost of the Scheme is beyond what the business can afford. The Government will therefore provide sufficient financial support to Post Office to ensure that the Scheme can proceed, based on current expectations of the likely cost."
It has been forced to make this announcement because the source of funding for the HSS was actually revealed in last week’s Judicial Review application hearing. The application was turned down because the scheme was deemed to be a matter of private law (and therefore not...
… amenable to a Judicial Review, despite the Post Office being owned 100% by the government AND having the scheme paid for by the government and reviewed by a government inquiry.
Today’s announcement was made as a written ministerial statement by @scullyp, and can be found here: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…
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@scullyp Note in the statement that the government is still maintaining that the Postmasters who brought the High Court case which cracked this scandal open are not eligible for further compensation despite most of their settlement being swallowed in legal fees.
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