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Talking to one of those members, lord james arbuthnot hes been working with one of his constituents who were convicted in 2009 and he outlined part of the problem for me. for them to have to come forward is itself— for them to have to come forward is itself an— for them to have to come forward is itself an affront, because they have to come _ itself an affront, because they have to come forward and they have to apply— to come forward and they have to apply for— to come forward and they h...

Work with tax cuts. it is a conservative approach, but it is right for our country and again i am sure you will ask keir starmer next week whether he agrees. youve been trying to helpfully suggest lots of questions for keir starmer, who will be here next week. this week, you are here to answer about your approach. we will talk more about your approach and the election in a few minutes. i want to touch on a few things that have really raised peoples eyebrows in the last few months. the scandal at...

Who is working hard, we reward the hard work with tax cuts. it is a conservative approach, right for our country and again i am sure you will ask keir starmer next week whether he agrees. trying to helpfully suggest lots of questions for keir starmer, he will be here next week. this week, you are here to answer about your approach. we will talk more about your approach and the election in a few minutes. i want to touch on a few things that have really raised peoples eyebrows in the last few mont...

Investigation has basically slowed to something of a halt in recent months as it taken the evidence coming out of the public inquiry. i think this new development is very significant. we know the high court judge who presided over the litigation which ended in victory for the sub—postmaster is was so concerned about the evidence some fujitsu engineers gave during the prosecution of some postmasters that he passed the file to the director of public prosecutions and that was based on perjury. we...

Account and the post office to account over the shoddy compensation schemes that have been set up. there is no way victims should have been waiting this long. in 2019, they won a massive group litigation, and in 2021, we had the number of overturned convictions in the court of appeals history in a single day. and yes there are people who are dying before they receive full and final compensation. i understand the government saying it is doing its best but you can talk the talk, but you have to wa...

Faulty accounting software made it look as though cash was missing from their sites. and it wasnt until 2019 that the post office leadership finally acknowledged the wide scope of the errors which was a real turning point in this whole saga. where are we now? well, a public inquiry is still taking place with the full findings expected in early 2025. so far, only 93 convictions have been quashed. and the battle for compensation for those affected is far from over. then of course theres the big qu...

The current retailer at the Port Erin sub-post office will step down at the end of March next year.

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To have their cases reconsidered, claiming that the computer system was flawed. a total of 86 criminal convictions have so far been overturned, but many victims are still waiting for compensation and some have since died. were joined now by journalist and author of the great post office scandal, nick wallis, and lee castleton whos a former sub—postmaster. morning. lee, tell us what happened to you? i morning. lee, tell us what happened to ou? ., . to you? i bought a post office in 2003. in 200...