‘Not too late’ to add NI to Government law overturning Post Office convictions

The door is not shut on adding Northern Ireland to a Westminster law aimed at quashing the wrongful convictions of subpostmasters caught up in the Horizon IT scandal, Stormont’s Justice Minister has insisted.

Naomi Long said she was “very disappointed” the Government had not widened its draft Bill to include Northern Ireland.

Ms Long claimed her colleagues – First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly – had been given an indication on Tuesday from Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove and Northern Ireland Office minister Steve Baker that the Government was open to showing flexibility around including the