Only government standing in the way of fair compensation for subpostmasters The UK government is the only block to fair compensation for subpostmasters who were wrongly punished for accounting shortfalls Share this item with your network: By Published: 15 Apr 2021 13:31 The government is the only obstacle to victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal receiving the financial damages they deserve, after the Post Office CEO urged it to pay up. Hundreds of subpostmasters had their lives destroyed after they were blamed and punished for accounting shortfalls, caused by the computer system they use. The Post Office strenuously denied this for two decades, until a damning High Court judgment in December 2019 meant it could no longer do so.