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Mar 22 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Minister @scullyp on @BBCr4today. Not sure if he’s going to be asked about Post Office Scandal compensation.
Ah! He is…
Scully: Laying a statement today, working with the JFSA over the next few weeks to ensure the 555 are compensated in the same way as those on the Historical Compensation Scheme. This will also include those [like @ArchNichola] within the 555 who were prosecuted but not convicted.
This is hugely significant. Despite serious parliamentary misgivings about the existing Historical Shortfall Scheme, the 555 high court litigants who blew everything open were excluded from getting proper compensation by the terms of the settlement. The govt has fought tooth…
… and nail to stop the 555 getting fair compensation (someone should do a montage of @scullyp telling parliament countless times in 2020 and 2021 the settlement agreement was “full and final”). The announcement today, if it happens, is a testament to the campaigners and their…
MPs (and peers) who simply refused to let the matter lie.

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