i ve been talking to one of those members, lord james arbuthnot. he s been working with one of his constituents who was convicted in 2009 and he outlined part of the problem for me. for them to have to come forward is itself an affront, because they have to come forward and they have to apply for their conviction to be overturned and they then have to, according to current rules, have the burden of proof of showing that their conviction is unsafe and that s all wrong and given and that s all wrong given the way the post office has behaved over so many years, it ought not to be for the sub postmasters to have to prove they were badly treated. we all know they were badly treated. it ought to be something that is done en masse so we can put it behind us and move on. this behind us and move on. lets speak to richard moorhead,
second as it is just taking a very long time and the evidence people need to make the claims lies with the post office and getting that evidence from the post office has been a slow process. the third problem is that the claimants certainly tell us that the compensation offers have been generally too low. so those are the complaints that are made and our committee is looking at those now. professor richard moorhead, thank you forjoining us. prime minister rishi sunak also told the bbc s laura kuenssberg that his government has successfully negotiated pay disputes with a majority of nhs workers. although he admitted that that junior doctors have yet to settle their dispute. the government has now reached resolution with every other part of the nhs. nurses, midwives, paramedics, consultant doctors, speciality doctors most recently, so every other part of the nhs workforce, and i m grateful to them for everything they re doing, has reached a resolution with the government on a reasonable,
a professor of law and ethics at exeter university, who has dedicated his research to the legal failings around the post office scandal. thank you forjoining us. when the prime minister says he is considering extra measures to make this right for the victims, what sort of thing do you think he is looking at? sort of thing do you think he is lookin: at? , , ., , ., looking at? the times story and re orts looking at? the times story and reports this looking at? the times story and reports this morning looking at? the times story and reports this morning suggest. looking at? the times story and i reports this morning suggest they are thinking about shifting the handing of the cases from the post office to the cbs handling. what lord arbuthnot is talking about is something radical which is seeking an act of parliament which quashes the convictions of all of the postmasters and post employees who were convicted for horizon errors. if you were to exonerate people en masse, how would
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