it s simply wrong what happened. they shouldn t have been treated like this and we should do everything we can to make it right for them. between 1999 in 2015, the post office prosecuted more than 700 sub postmasters based on information from a new computer system called horizon. the prosecutions continued even after concerns were first published in 2009. in december 2019, after a long running legal battle, the post office admitted the it fault and agreed to settle with hundreds of claimants. in september last year, the government announced that every postmaster wrongly convicted will be offered £600,000 in compensation. but so far, only 93 convictions have been overturned, and only around a third of those have received full and final settlements. with thejustice secretary due to meet the post office minister at a meeting that s been brought forward to this afternoon, victims say they want the post office to lose its role in the appeals process. remove the post office.
at an event in lancashire this morning, the prime minister was forced to deny it had taken a drama to make the government to focus on the issue. , . , , ., , the issue. rest assured the money is there. i the issue. rest assured the money is there- i proved the issue. rest assured the money is there. i proved there the issue. rest assured the money is there. i proved there as the issue. rest assured the money is there. i proved there as chancellor. i there. i proved there as chancellor. there are three different compensation schemes and we will do everything we can to make things right for all the people affected. it is simply wrong what happened. they shouldn t have been treated like this and we will do everything we can to make it right for them. between 1999 in 2015, the post office prosecuted more than 700 sub postmasters based on information from a new computer system called horizon. the prosecutions continued even after concerns were first published in 2009. in december 2019
from his time in office. we all make mistakes. have i been perfect in every instance? can i say that, with the benefit of hindsight, i have never done something differently? of course, i couldn t, but i come back to the central proposition one has a private citizen the right to make a judgment about which political party to support. i believe, in terms of values, the labour party is preferable to the conservative party. the bbc has learned that the post office has made payouts to 400 former sub postmasters and mistresses who were victims of the faulty horizon computer system. an it fault made it look as if money had gone missing from post office accounts. a number of staff were prosecuted, with their convictions later quashed, others suffered financial ruin or gave up their businesses. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has been hearing about the impact on three generations of one family. when we came here, this used to be a post office.
association is appealing for urgent action from the government to end restrictions on travel which it calls ludicrously cautious . the government says it is working with the sector to navigate the challenges. the best industry estimates at the moment are that aviation will take 4 5 years to recover, and some sectors of the market, for example some business travel, probably will not recover for longer than that. it s a devastating blow to the whole of the aviation sector, but that means trouble for the uk economy. if we do not have a thriving aviation sector, then instead of global britain we will have grounded britain. the bbc has learned that the post office has made payouts to 400 former sub postmasters and mistresses who were victims of the faulty horizon computer system. an it fault made it look as if money had gone missing from post office accounts. a number of staff were prosecuted, with their convictions later quashed
delighted that you got the i competition. it is all good. i m l delighted that you got the result you wanted. it was good enough. enjoy the rest of the tournament steve and mike thomas, thank you very much for talking to us. the bbc has learned that the post office has made payouts to 400 former sub postmasters and mistresses who were victims of the faulty horizon computer system. an it fault made it look as if money had gone missing from post office accounts. a number of staff were prosecuted, with their convictions later quashed, others suffered financial ruin or gave up their businesses. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has been hearing about the impact on three generations of one family. when we came here, this used to be a post office. anjuna and baljit sethi owned this branch. in fact, anjuna s dad was a sub postmaster, too. they are a post office family. but 20 years ago, they went from running a successful business to financial ruin. it was all because, in 2001