Government sets aside £233 million for postmasters wrongly convicted of crimes

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The Post Office had said it is unable to compensate victims of the Horizon scandal without help

The government has disclosed in its accounts that it is setting aside £233 million to cover compensation to hundreds of Post Office workers who were wrongly accused of theft and false accounting in...

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