Subpostmasters step closer to ‘hard-won exoneration’ after MPs back law change
Hundreds of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters are a step closer to achieving “hard-won exoneration” after MPs backed a law change.
The Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Bill, which received an unopposed third reading on Monday, proposes to quash convictions and pay compensation to those affected by the Horizon IT scandal.
Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch told the Commons that “a wrong is finally being put right”.
The legislation seeks to exonerate those convicted in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the basis of the faulty Horizon
