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Tuesday, 22 March 2022

A compensation scheme for sub-postmasters who helped uncover the Post Office IT scandal is being launched by the government.

Hundreds of people who'd been wrongly accused of fraud because of a faulty computer system were awarded 43 million pounds in 2019.

But most of it was swallowed up by lawyers' fees.

Small business minister and MP for Sutton Paul Scully, says it's not fair they receive less than those who weren't involved in the case.