Only applies to england and wales and number ten say they are going to work with the devolved administrations in scotland and northern ireland. asked if rishi sunak would consider putting alan bates, one of the sub postmasters who helped expose the scandal up for alana, the prime minister s press secretary said there was a former or formal process for honours but it is hard to think of someone more deserving to be rewarded through the honour system than him. there was a line is we have had from downing street from our correspondent. the timeframe for bringing this law in, downing street say they want to bring it in by the end of the year. a little earlier i spoke to nicky arch who ran the chalford hill post office in gloucester. and was wrongly accused of stealing £24,000. i asked to her tell me what happened. i was running a business, a little shop and the local post office. i had the
Been through, and also about their reaction to the government s announcement. but first let s go to westminster, and our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. this is a scandal that has been bubbling away for year, decades, even,in bubbling away for year, decades, even, in some cases. this week it has boiled over and then some, culminating at the start of prime minister s questions with rishi sunak addressing it. i think the political situation is such he couldn t are done otherwise, what he announced we a move almost the polls office told this the polls office told us over and over, you re the only one. that was a lie actually. itv made a drama out of a crisis, a scandal that started more than 20 years ago came to public and
To be innocent. there ll be a new upfront payment of £75,000 for the vital group of postmasters who took action against the post office. with more on this is our news correspondent charlie rose who s in the newsroom for us. if you can outline a process that the government has set up please. this is a huge moment in a massive scandal that has been going on for many years, if not decades in some cases. 700 or more formats are past masters and mistresses are wrongly convicted of false accounting, theft and fraud in this post office it scandal. because of those convictions they have been unable to access compensation but this afternoon, in the commons, the prime minister announced that they will be a new law quashing those convictions and opening up access to
Won t really do that. but what of the company behind the glitchy system? fujitsu has been awarded other government contracts worth billions of pounds, but ministers say they won t act until after a public inquiry has concluded. there are some questions about who is more responsible, fujitsu or post office or others. when the inquiry has identified responsibility, then those questions can be answered. today s announcement on exoneration and compensation will be welcomed by many victims of the scandal, but their long wait forjustice isn t over yet. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. live now to westminster and our uk political correspondent rob watson. robert, an extraordinary day there in the house of commons. this primary legislation rishi sunak has announced, when is that likely to be introduced? what are the details you are hearing? it is
Worth billions of pounds, but ministers say they won t act until after a public inquiry has concluded. there are some questions about who is more responsible, fujitsu or post office or others. when the inquiry has identified responsibility, then those questions can be answered. today s announcement on exoneration and compensation will be welcomed by many victims of the scandal, but their long wait forjustice isn t over yet. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. so let s recap on what the government has announced about the post office scandal. a new law is to be introduced to exonerate hundreds of post office branch managers. the new legislation will apply to convictions in england and wales and downing street hopes they will be quashed by the end of the year. we learned that 95 out of more than 900 convictions have been overturned. the sub postmasters will need to sign a document confirming they believe themselves