Post Office ‘unfit’ to run compensation scheme for Horizon victims, MPs say

Just 20% of compensation has been paid, finds Commons committee, which says government should set legally binding timeframes

The Post Office is not fit to run compensation schemes for those whose lives were ruined by the Horizon scandal, a parliamentary committee has said.

Just 20% of the budget set aside for compensation has been paid out, the business and trade select committee found in a report, and said an independent organisation should take over.