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It’s time for police inquiry into whether senior Post Office chiefs knew postmasters were being wrongly prosecuted
Countless innocent postmasters had their lives and livelihoods ruined
Letter of the law
THERE is now mounting evidence that senior Post Office chiefs and Fujitsu bosses knew that postmasters were being wrongly prosecuted.
Some has been heard at the official public inquiry into the Horizon scandal.
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Yet more has been dug out in recent days by good journalism.
It is now surely time for the police to launch a proper inquiry to see if criminal charges can be brought.
Not least to see if £100million of public money was used to fight the postmasters seeking damages for wrongful prosecution, when it appears senior managers knew for years the IT system was faulty.
Was this not knowingly corrupt?
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Countless innocent postmasters had their lives and livelihoods ruined.
Taxpayers have been lumbered with a compensation bill running at billions.
It’s time to see if and where the criminal buck stops.
The Sun speaks to Post Office's youngest ever sub-postmaster who lost his job in Horizon scandal
Blessed relief
AT last the Archbishop of Canterbury has seen the light — just in time for Easter.
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After his shameless politicking in the House of Lords aimed at frustrating the Government’s Rwanda scheme, Justin Welby has suddenly folded.
He now says if the Commons rejects amendments by peers aimed at watering down the Bill, he won’t fight it.
Welby has spent months leading an unholy alliance of clergy and peers to deliberately pile more delays on our only plan to stop illegal migration.
His Grace has always known MPs would ultimately wave it through whatever his objections.
It’s just a pity for the security of our country that the Archbishop’s
Damascene conversion to democracy came so late.
Cheating bills
IT IS one thing for households to have to stump up for massive heating bills in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine.
It is quite another to be ripped off by energy companies at home, too.
Punitive standing charges for supply are an unnecessarily high burden on families. Business standing charges are also hideously overpriced, hitting small shops especially hard.
Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho is right to demand Ofgem enforces lower fees.
It’s a needless and damaging poll tax.
Cocoa clowns
WE’VE faced many challenges as a nation in the past decade.
But can any of our recent crises compare to the devastating impact of a global shortage of chocolate?
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So enjoy your Easter eggs this weekend while you can.
And savour every precious mouthful.
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