Christopher Head OBE
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UK’s youngest Postmaster 2006 ex business owner #PostOfficeScandal victim & campaigner for justice for all involved https://t.co/t9V7wFNakM
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Such sad news…Michael Mosley body found in a cave on the island of Symi…RIP 💔
Christopher Head OBE771,339 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
#PostOfficeScandal This morning on Sky News hosted by Gareth Barlow he was joined for an exclusive from Mark Kleinman Wish Alan all the best and glad after so many years he has been able to settle his claim with the Government, the process has been a complete disgrace, the battles painstaking but finally some justice prevails. Without the JFSA led by Sir Alan, there would have been no High Court action and we would not be seeing the vindication we are seeing today, slowly justice being delivered and those so badly affected, rightly compensated (ongoing mess) and we await those responsible to be held to account. Post Office hero Bates lands seven-figure Horizon Payout‼️ Sky News has learnt that the government has agreed a deal with the former sub-postmaster after handing him what he described as a "take it or leave it" offer during the spring. Sir Alan has previously said publicly that that proposal amounted to 49.2% of his original claim. One source suggested that his final settlement may have been worth between £4m and £5m, implying that Sir Alan's claim could have been in the region of £10m, although those figures could not be corroborated on Tuesday morning. A government spokesperson said: "We pay tribute to Sir Alan Bates for his long record of campaigning on behalf of victims and have now paid out over £1.2bn to more than 9,000 victims. Sky News has attempted to reach Sir Alan for comment about the settlement of his claim. Sir Alan led efforts over many years to prove that the Horizon software system supplied by Fujitsu, the Japanese technology company, was faulty. Hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted between 1999 and 2015, with scores of people either ending their own lives or making attempts to do so. However, it was only after ITV turned their fight for justice into a drama, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, that the government accelerated plans to deliver redress to victims. Even so, the compensation scheme set up to administer redress has been mired in controversy. Writing in The Sunday Times in May, Sir Alan described the process as "quasi-kangaroo courts in which the Department for Business and Trade sits in judgement of the claims and alters the goalposts as and when it chooses". "Claims are, and have been, knocked back on the basis that legally you would not be able to make them, or that the parameters of the scheme do not extend to certain items." Sir Alan had previously been made compensation offers worth just one-sixth of his claim - which he had labelled "derisory", with a second offer amounting to a third of the sum he was seeking. Sir Ross Cranston, a former High Court judge, adjudicates on cases where a claimant disputes a compensation offer from the government and then objects to the results of a review by an independent panel. In 2017, Sir Alan and a group of 555 sub-postmasters sued the Post Office in the High Court, ultimately winning a £58m settlement. However, swingeing legal fees left the group with just £12m of that sum, prompting ministers to establish a separate compensation scheme amid a growing outcry. A significant number of other sub-postmasters have also complained publicly about the pace, and outcome, of the compensation process. The first volume of Sir Wyn Williams's public inquiry into the Horizon scandal was published in July, and concluded that at least 13 people may have taken their own lives after being accused of wrongdoing, even though the Post Office and Fujitsu knew the Horizon system was flawed. The miscarriage of justice left the Post Office's reputation, and that of former bosses including chief executive Paula Vennells, in tatters. A subsequent corporate governance mess under the last government further dragged the Post Office's name through the mud, with the then chief executive, Nick Read, accused of being absorbed by his own remuneration. Read the full piece here👇
Christopher Head OBE28,962 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce
#PostOfficeScandal On BBC Breakfast this morning with Jon Kay ☕️ and Sarah Campbell they were joined by 92 year old scandal victim Betty Brown. She did not mince her words as the recent reshuffle has seen Gareth Thomas MP removed from his position as Postal Minister. Betty is currently sitting on a 70% compensation offer but is demanding she receives 100% of what she is owed, exactly as the Post Office demanded from her when she had unexplained shortfalls in her accounts because of the faulty Horizon Computer system. I know Betty has formed a relationship with Gareth but a lot did happen with previous Minister Kevin Hollinrake. The reality is not enough is being done, and certainly not quick enough as the process continues to be legalistic and adversarial, putting victims through unnecessary torture and pain when all everyone wants to do is try to move on and rebuild their lives, whilst awaiting those responsible to be held to account. Watch Betty just an hour ago👇
Christopher Head OBE30,800 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce
#PostOfficeScandal Exclusive report tonight on Channel 4 News by chief correspondent alex thomson Nanette van der Laan that reveal secret recordings from 2013 that prove beyond doubt that both Fujitsu UK & Post Office knew that remote access was possible & that it was being used on a daily basis, at the very least for overnight corrections. The report features Second Sight investigators Ron Warmington Ian Henderson who helped expose this injustice. We also hear from Lee Castleton OBE a Postmaster bankrupted by the Post Office, who still has the civil judgement hanging over him, no redress & no accountability for those responsible. Lord Arbuthnot was visibly angry & upset, saying that it now proves that Paula Vennells lied to him & UK Parliament in February 2015 before Business and Trade Committee Lord Arbuthnot is a man of total integrity & been one of the biggest drivers for justice for Postmasters. That man deserves a medal for all he has done, it is the worst feeling knowing you were deliberately misled and lied to when attempting to uncover an injustice on as grand a scale as the Post Office, once known as the UK’s most trusted brand. The major question left unanswered is what did Alwen Lyons & lead General Counsel Susan Crichton say to Paula Vennells. Why didn’t they speak up before now? They are just as culpable, how did Post Office maintain their position up until the GLO case in 2018/2019 that remote access was not possible? The final question is was Department for Business and Trade (previously BEIS) aware of these conversations in 2013? Because the reality is had the GLO case been de-railed as planned by the PO then these revelations wouldn’t be seeing the light of day and the cover-up would have succeeded. We now have confirmation of potential perjury, cover-up, contempt of Parliament & a miscarriage of justice, the biggest in British Legal history. We must amend the upcoming Post Office Offences bill to deliver full redress under an independent process. Watch the report in below👇 #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBates #MrBatesVsPostOffice
Christopher Head OBE62,930 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
#PostOfficeScandal Last night former Postmistress who was sent to prison while pregnant Seema Misra OBE spoke on Sky News with Sarah-Jane Mee She rightly reminded people that although it is wonderful news that Sir Alan has now reached a settlement after a review & award by retired Judge Sir Ross Cranston, many people like her are still waiting for full redress. Remember that historic day outside the Court of Appeal in 2021? The 3 who fought ground 2, Seema, Janet and Tracy which helped turn the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry on to a statutory footing and led the way in UK Parliament legislation from UK House of Commons to overturn hundreds of convictions. Please stand behind and keep supporting Postmasters and Postmistresses until everyone has been paid what they are owed 👇
Christopher Head OBE19,247 görüntüleme • 7 ay önce
#PostOfficeScandal The former General Counsel at the Post Office 'Jane Macleod' who refuses to co-operate with the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is challenged by BBC reporters Katy Watson & @esylltcarr BBC challenges ex-Post Office lawyer in Australia ‼️ The Post Office’s most senior in-house lawyer when it fought the landmark case brought by Alan Bates and other sub-postmasters has been challenged by BBC News in Australia (BBCaustralia ), after she refused to appear before the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal. A BBC team questioned Jane MacLeod, who was the Post Office’s General Counsel between 2015 and 2019, while she was walking her dog outside her home in Sydney. She replied with “no comment” when asked why she wasn’t attending. She had been due to give evidence this week. “It’s unsurprising, but it speaks volumes,” says Jo Hamilton (Jo Hamilton ), one of the wrongly convicted former sub-postmasters. “If she was determined to help the inquiry, she’d be there,” she added. 'An important witness' Born in Australia, Jane MacLeod returned to live there in 2020. Last month Sir Wyn Williams, chair of the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry (Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry ), revealed that while Ms MacLeod had submitted a witness statement, she had decided not to give oral evidence, despite being asked to do so. The inquiry heard that the reason, offered by Ms MacLeod’s lawyers, was that given the passage of time, she considered her written statement was the best evidence she could offer. Since then, Ms MacLeod has not responded to BBC requests for comment. Sir Wyn said that even before seeing her written evidence, he’d decided that Ms MacLeod was “an important witness” from whom he wished to hear in person. He added that despite the offer to have her travel and accommodation expenses covered, Ms MacLeod “has made it clear that she will not co-operate with the inquiry by providing oral evidence”, either in person or via video-link. However, Sir Wyn explained that his options to force her to attend were limited because she lived abroad. Under the Inquiries Act 2005, witnesses can be legally compelled to give evidence – but this only applies to UK nationals. In her written statement to the inquiry, Ms MacLeod says: “I am very aware that the decisions in which I was involved during my time at Post Office Limited regarding the group litigation and the investigation of Horizon's performance and robustness have had implications for many sub-postmasters and their families.” She adds: “I regret that this has happened and apologise to those so affected for the adverse outcomes they have suffered.” She is so sorry, that she cannot be bothered to attend and face the music🎶 #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBates #MrBatesVsPostOffice #MrBatesPBS #PostOfficeInquiry #MacLeod #JaneMacleod #awol Nick Wallis @GouldsBlog Rosie Brocklehurst Kate Osborne Marion Fellows Kevan Jones Darren Jones MP Jonathan Reynolds Prem Sikka Dan Neidle
Christopher Head OBE41,615 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
#PostOfficeScandal If you missed yesterdays Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry session with Angela Van Den Bogerd who was a former Post Office executive who played a crucial role in the scandal. This is the woman who was found to have given wholly misleading evidence to Justice Fraser in the High Court. What we found out yesterday is that despite the High Court findings, she kept her job at the Post Office, there was no investigation into her conduct & she went on to receive her bonus that year. All whilst thousands of lives had been destroyed on her watch and sadly people had taken their own lives. One case, that of Martin Griffith which Bogerd had direct involvement & used an NDA and financial pay-off to keep the story ‘hushed up’‼️ Watch as Edward Henry KC completely demolishes Angela Van Den Bogerds evasive answers👇 Thread 1/3 #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBates #MrBatesVsPostOffice #MrBatesPBS #PostOfficeInquiry
Christopher Head OBE41,123 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
#PostOfficeScandal This evening I joined Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Newsnight to talk about Alan Bates giving evidence to #PostOfficeInquiry for the 1st time. The Post Office NFSP & Government were all made aware of issues as early as the year 2000. This all could have been prevented. We must see financial redress to the those who have suffered, full & fair has been promised but the reality is very different. Ultimately though to move on people need to see accountability. Those responsible must face the consequences of their actions. Full piece here👇 #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBatesPBS #MrBatesVsPostOffice #MrBates
Christopher Head OBE41,215 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
#PostOfficeScandal Arise.... Sir Alan Bates🎖️ A Huge Congratulations🙂 There cannot be a more deserving person in the country of this award. For over two decades Alan has led the JFSA (Justice for Sub Postmasters Alliance) in a constant David vs Goliath battle against the Post Office and their shareholder the government. Against all odds as both the Post Office and the Department for Business threw everything at the High Court GLO (as well as over £100m over taxpayer cash) and then attempting to recuse Justice Fraser for apparent bias, two landmark Judgements were handed down. These are known as the Common Issues Judgement and the Horizon Issues Judgement. Emma Simpson reporting for BBC News (UK) wrote :- Bates learned of knighthood at Post Office inquiry‼️ The campaigner and former sub-postmaster, Alan Bates, was at the public inquiry into the Post Office scandal when he received the news that he was to be knighted in the King's Birthday Honours. He had travelled from his home in Llandudno to hear former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells give evidence, breaking her near-decade long silence. “It was all a bit of a surprise,” Sir Alan, as he is now known, told the BBC. He was told that he had to let the Honours Committee know by the end of the day whether he would accept. For the last 15 years, Sir Alan has campaigned for justice for hundreds of sub-postmasters who were wrongfully prosecuted for theft and false accounting, when faulty software called Horizon made it look like money was missing from their accounts. He had already rejected the offer of an OBE last year, telling the Honours Committee that it would be inappropriate to accept it whilst Ms Vennells kept hold of her CBE for services to the Post Office and many victims continued to suffer. Ms Vennells handed back her CBE earlier this year amid mounting pressure in the aftermath of the ITV drama in January which sparked national outrage over the scandal. “I went and had a confidential talk with somebody who knows what’s gone on over the years and they said to me, 'well you’ve done the heavy lifting, others are doing the rest now.' And on reflection, I knew so many people who were keen for me to actually receive something, I felt I would be insulting them as much as anyone else if I refused it at this time," Sir Alan said. He insisted the honour was not just for him but also for his group, the Justice for Sub-Postmasters Alliance, which he started in 2009. “I think it’s another string to my bow to try and drive the rest of the campaign home. We have got to get funding for everybody. And that’s been my priority now for some time. And if it helps there, then great. It’s wonderful.” Sir Alan said his work was far from finished, adding that he would pursue court action, if necessary, to get financial redress for the victims who took part in the original High Court action that helped expose the Horizon IT scandal. “I think the nation will support us if we have to go ahead with another case,” he said. The former sub-postmaster's dogged pursuit of the truth began after refusing to accept losses at his own post office which he took over in 1998. Had he ever thought about giving up and letting it go? “I could never do that. We’ve all seen the horror stories, and there are so many. I keep hearing from so many more these days who are coming out of the woodwork and stories that have never been told. I mean, they’re absolutely diabolical. What’s happened to people is very sad but at least they’re now starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel for themselves.” He described his work as the best unpaid job he’d ever had and said he was looking forward to having a holiday this summer. Read the piece here⏬ #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBates #MrBatesVsPostOffice #MrBatesPBS #PostOfficeInquiry #SirAlanBates
Christopher Head OBE33,610 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
#PostOfficeScandal Tonight on Channel 4 News with Jackie Long there was an exclusive report by alex thomson & Nanette van der Laan that revealed for the first time a secret contract between Post Office and Fujitsu UK For years, the Post Office and Fujitsu covered up the bugs in their faulty Horizon computer software, blaming the subpostmasters using it. Thousands had their lives ruined. Some took their own lives. Now Channel 4 News has obtained a 2006 contract between the two companies – overlooked despite being uploaded to the Post Office Inquiry’s website – which a forensic accountant who investigated the Horizon scandal has described as “dynamite”. Featuring Tracy Felstead Lee Castleton OBE Ron Warmington Liam Byrne MP The fact Post Office denied remote access was possible until days before the High Court 2nd trial in 2019 when there was a contract that was signed in 2006, shows just how far they were prepared to go to keep this document out of the public domain. For it to come to light almost 20 years after it was first signed is a disgrace. It was not disclosed to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry so that witnesses could be cross examined on it. Now it will be up to Business and Trade Committee and its Chair Liam Byrne MP to uncover who knew what and when, why it wasn’t disclosed and when Fujitsu are going to start contributing to the colossal financial redress bill estimated to be £1.6 billion. At the moment it is all being carried by the taxpayer.
Christopher Head OBE11,484 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
#PostOfficeScandal #Windrush #InfectedBlood #Grenfell Why is it the UK sees scandal after scandal & we are supposedly always learning lessons? Yet decades on it is clear no lessons have been learnt, there is no accountability & no proper full & fair redress paid that has been continuously promised. The country looks like a joke, with unaccountable executives, managers & government departments. It is a disgrace #justice #redress #accountability #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBates #MrBatesVsPostOffice
Christopher Head OBE21,693 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
#PostOfficeScandal Update by Metropolitan Police Commander Stephen Clayman👇 Transcript :- Operation Olympos is the criminal investigation into the Post Office IT Horizon scandal and is focused on the offences of perjury and perverting the course of justice. I am the Gold Commander and I have overall responsibility for this investigation. It is my role to agree the investigative strategy and ensure that it is supported with the right resourcing, finance and support from across forces, along with unblocking any issues that may sometimes arise along the way. I am supported by a Senior Investigating Officer who sets that investigative strategy and a team of investigators from forces across the country who are helping to deliver it. The team also has a very close working relationship with the Crown Prosecution Service who have been providing ongoing early investigative advice throughout. I know that the impact of the Post Office’s handling of the Horizon IT system has been widespread and devastating, affecting hundreds of sub-postmasters. Since January 2020, investigators began examining what has now become thousands of documents, both manually and with the help of some specialist software. It is important to stress that the investigation has always been running in parallel and independent of the public inquiry. However the material generated in that public inquiry and its final report will be key in terms of any evidence it provides for the criminal investigation. Given the scale and complexity of the investigation, this next phase is now an agreed national policing effort, coordinated by the Met and delivered by additional regional investigation teams situated across the country. This team numbers around 100 investigators, working under the direction of the Senior Investigating Officer, examining the evidence available, in line with the investigative strategy. It is important to be clear that we are not re-investigating all of the miscarriages of justice, rather we are looking at the actions of individuals across a number of cases – both criminal and civil. These individuals relate to Post Office investigators and prosecutors, the Post Office executive, along with staff and executives within Fujitsu. We have been giving a lot of thought as to how we communicate key updates to such a large group of people affected by Horizon, along with the understandable public interest in this case. This website is the primary interface where the investigation team can provide some general updates and I am sure you will understand that we will not be providing the names of those we are investigating and are limited in what we can say during the course of the investigation. However, I hope that it will be beneficial to provide some general updates periodically using the website, which will also contain details on how to get in touch with the investigation team. I want to assure all of you affected that we do not underestimate the seriousness of the task at hand and whilst it will take some time, we are determined to carry out a full investigation with independence, precision and integrity. Thank you. Commander Stephen Clayman If you wish to get in touch and provide evidence please do so here👇
Christopher Head OBE11,664 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
![#PostOfficeScandal Latest piece for Sky News by Sky NewsAdele This story is just so heart-breaking, yet another former Postmaster taken too soon. Hundreds have now died waiting for financial redress. It must STOP. The 40 working day target is misleading because the clock resets every time an RFI request is made, and then when they finally deliver the offer in the latest reset of that clock it goes into their targets met bracket. Waiting until days after his death to deliver his offer is nothing short of an utter disgrace as his widow Janet says in the article. It shows that when adverse media coverage is about to come they turn things around in days. It can be done if they want to. As I have said many times before this continues to be a PR exercise for the Post Office and the Government, and trying to reduce their liability. RIP Terry🙏 sending my condolences to Janet and the rest of the family😢 Post Office scandal victim died days before compensation letter arrived - as widow says offer an 'utter disgrace' The widow of a Post Office scandal victim, who received a compensation offer days after his death, has described the situation as an "utter disgrace". Janet Walters, 68, lost her husband Terry in February - a week before a letter arrived offering "less than half" of his original claim for financial redress. Terry Walters - whose funeral is taking place today - was one of 555 sub-postmasters who won a legal battle against the Post Office in 2019. Janet has described the length of time many victims have had to wait for offers of compensation as another "scandal". "I've told them I will not accept [the offer]," Janet tells Sky News. "I think it's an utter disgrace. "Not when I look at him and I think, no, what you've been through - I won't just take anything and go away. "It's a scandal what they did with the Horizon system, it's a scandal now because of the length of time it's taken [on redress]." Terry, who died aged 74, was part of the GLO (Group Litigation Order) Scheme established after the 2019 High Court win. Its aim is to restore sub-postmasters to the financial position they would have been in had they not become victims of faulty Horizon software which caused false accounting shortfalls. Terry had his Post Office contract terminated in 2008. He and Janet lost their business and then their family home. They moved in to rented accommodation where they lived for the past 15 years. Janet said Terry's claim was put forward in February 2024 and it has taken a year to receive an offer for redress from the government. "It should have been a 40-day turnaround of an offer," she says. "And it's taken 12 months to receive an offer, an offer which came after Terry had passed away. "They wanted a stroke report back in September to drag it out a bit more, to see if it's being caused by all the stress from the Post Office." "I think it contributed considerably to the whole state of him," she added. Lord Beamish (Kevan Jones ), a prominent campaigner for justice for Post Office victims, says the redress offer process should "err on the side of the postmaster rather than the Post Office". "I think it has been bureaucratic in the past, and I think it's been trying to get information which is difficult to actually obtain," he says. "I think in those cases the benefit of the doubt should be put on the postmaster." Lord Beamish is also critical of the 40-working-day turnaround for offers. "I think individual cases should be dealt with on an individual basis," he says. "That 40 days shouldn't be sacrosanct. If you think it can be turned around within two days or a day, do it." He also says "getting people around a table and trying to get a resolution should be the main aim… If it's questioning about more information - that shouldn't be a reason for undue delay." Lord Beamish also highlights concerns over the fact more than 60 victims are yet to submit any claims for redress because they are "very damaged by this process". The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) said: "We are sorry to hear of Terry's death and our thoughts are with Janet and the rest of his family and friends." They added they have now issued 407 offers to the 425 GLO claimants "who have submitted full claims" and are "making offers to 89% of GLO claimants within 40 working days of receipt of a full claim, with over half of eligible claimants having now settled their claim." The DBT also said it has "doubled" the amount of payments under the Labour government to "provide postmasters with full and fair redress". The latest government data shows that out of the 425 GLO claimants, 265 have had their claims paid, with 160 waiting. According to the figures for the HSS (Horizon Shortfall Scheme), 2,090 out of 2,417 eligible claims made before their original deadline in 2020 have been paid - leaving over 300 still waiting. Out of the 4,665 "late" claims, 1,260 have been paid, with more than 3,400 now waiting. Read the full piece here👇 #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBates #MrBatesVsPostOffice #MrBatesPBS #PostOfficeInquiry #Redress #Ripple House of Lords UK House of Commons Prem Sikka Dan Neidle Kate Osborne Gareth Thomas MP Jonathan Reynolds Keir Starmer Liam Byrne MP Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry Post Office News Business and Trade Committee Sarah Ludford 🇬🇧 🇮🇪🇪🇺 🇺🇦 BBC News (UK) ITV News alex thomson Peter Stefanovic](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1897925541774188756/ext_tw_video_thumb/1897924159755128832/pu/img/pGlfdE5OzuQwepLC.jpg)
#PostOfficeScandal Latest piece for Sky News by Sky NewsAdele This story is just so heart-breaking, yet another former Postmaster taken too soon. Hundreds have now died waiting for financial redress. It must STOP. The 40 working day target is misleading because the clock resets every time an RFI request is made, and then when they finally deliver the offer in the latest reset of that clock it goes into their targets met bracket. Waiting until days after his death to deliver his offer is nothing short of an utter disgrace as his widow Janet says in the article. It shows that when adverse media coverage is about to come they turn things around in days. It can be done if they want to. As I have said many times before this continues to be a PR exercise for the Post Office and the Government, and trying to reduce their liability. RIP Terry🙏 sending my condolences to Janet and the rest of the family😢 Post Office scandal victim died days before compensation letter arrived - as widow says offer an 'utter disgrace' The widow of a Post Office scandal victim, who received a compensation offer days after his death, has described the situation as an "utter disgrace". Janet Walters, 68, lost her husband Terry in February - a week before a letter arrived offering "less than half" of his original claim for financial redress. Terry Walters - whose funeral is taking place today - was one of 555 sub-postmasters who won a legal battle against the Post Office in 2019. Janet has described the length of time many victims have had to wait for offers of compensation as another "scandal". "I've told them I will not accept [the offer]," Janet tells Sky News. "I think it's an utter disgrace. "Not when I look at him and I think, no, what you've been through - I won't just take anything and go away. "It's a scandal what they did with the Horizon system, it's a scandal now because of the length of time it's taken [on redress]." Terry, who died aged 74, was part of the GLO (Group Litigation Order) Scheme established after the 2019 High Court win. Its aim is to restore sub-postmasters to the financial position they would have been in had they not become victims of faulty Horizon software which caused false accounting shortfalls. Terry had his Post Office contract terminated in 2008. He and Janet lost their business and then their family home. They moved in to rented accommodation where they lived for the past 15 years. Janet said Terry's claim was put forward in February 2024 and it has taken a year to receive an offer for redress from the government. "It should have been a 40-day turnaround of an offer," she says. "And it's taken 12 months to receive an offer, an offer which came after Terry had passed away. "They wanted a stroke report back in September to drag it out a bit more, to see if it's being caused by all the stress from the Post Office." "I think it contributed considerably to the whole state of him," she added. Lord Beamish (Kevan Jones ), a prominent campaigner for justice for Post Office victims, says the redress offer process should "err on the side of the postmaster rather than the Post Office". "I think it has been bureaucratic in the past, and I think it's been trying to get information which is difficult to actually obtain," he says. "I think in those cases the benefit of the doubt should be put on the postmaster." Lord Beamish is also critical of the 40-working-day turnaround for offers. "I think individual cases should be dealt with on an individual basis," he says. "That 40 days shouldn't be sacrosanct. If you think it can be turned around within two days or a day, do it." He also says "getting people around a table and trying to get a resolution should be the main aim… If it's questioning about more information - that shouldn't be a reason for undue delay." Lord Beamish also highlights concerns over the fact more than 60 victims are yet to submit any claims for redress because they are "very damaged by this process". The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) said: "We are sorry to hear of Terry's death and our thoughts are with Janet and the rest of his family and friends." They added they have now issued 407 offers to the 425 GLO claimants "who have submitted full claims" and are "making offers to 89% of GLO claimants within 40 working days of receipt of a full claim, with over half of eligible claimants having now settled their claim." The DBT also said it has "doubled" the amount of payments under the Labour government to "provide postmasters with full and fair redress". The latest government data shows that out of the 425 GLO claimants, 265 have had their claims paid, with 160 waiting. According to the figures for the HSS (Horizon Shortfall Scheme), 2,090 out of 2,417 eligible claims made before their original deadline in 2020 have been paid - leaving over 300 still waiting. Out of the 4,665 "late" claims, 1,260 have been paid, with more than 3,400 now waiting. Read the full piece here👇 #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBates #MrBatesVsPostOffice #MrBatesPBS #PostOfficeInquiry #Redress #Ripple House of Lords UK House of Commons Prem Sikka Dan Neidle Kate Osborne Gareth Thomas MP Jonathan Reynolds Keir Starmer Liam Byrne MP Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry Post Office News Business and Trade Committee Sarah Ludford 🇬🇧 🇮🇪🇪🇺 🇺🇦 BBC News (UK) ITV News alex thomson Peter Stefanovic
Christopher Head OBE13,627 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
#PostOfficeScandal The Sky News Exclusive report by Sky NewsAdele & Sky NewsEmilyJ was featured tonight on News Hour with Jonathan Samuels and I joined the program live to talk about the 100 prosections carried out by the DWP in conjunction with Post Office Investigators. We must dig deeper to see if these convictions are safe! The documents I have seen suggest a deeply flawed investigations process from the DWP, where an investigator admitted to being neglectful in their duty to obtaining the necessary transaction logs, and the few they did obtain they were not propery reviewed. This would have shown the defendent was not present when pension dockets were cashed or in other instances they were cashed by someone else. Had this former, now deceased Postmaster not done his own forensic investigation by obtaining these logs he too would likely have been found guilty. They failed to follow all lines of inquiry that also pointed away from a suspect - very similar to how the Post Office and their investigators operated‼️ #MrBatesVsThePostOffice #MrBates #MrBatesVsPostOffice #MrBatesPBS #PostOfficeInquiry
Christopher Head OBE12,631 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
#PostOfficeScandal Last night my MP Kate Osborne brought up about Fujitsu UK contracts with government. Good to know Minister Hollinrake reads my tweets here on X. We must keep pushing to clear this mess up. Full & fair compensation👇#MrBatesvsPostOffice #MrBates
Christopher Head OBE13,271 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
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