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Elementor #578178January 11, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – PM’s Post Office Scandal Plan: Justice by Special Delivery The Metro’s front page reports that new laws to quash the convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses have been announced by Rishi Sunak. The paper says exonerated postmasters will only need to sign a form declaring their innocence to clear their names and should get compensation of around £600,000 each by the end of the year. It adds that 555 people who won £58m in a mass action in 2019 but only received £22,000 each after costs will…

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Elementor #578166January 11, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Hundreds of Post Office victims to get convictions overturned The Guardian reports on the Post Office Horizon scandal, and Rishi Sunak’s announcement that the government will bring in a new law to acquit hundreds of sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses.The paper reports that senior lawyers have warned that the decision to pass a bill overturning so many court verdicts is constitutionally extraordinary and risks undermining the independence of the judiciary. David McNeill, the director of public affairs at the Law Society, the professional association for solicitors in…

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