Post Office scandal victims confront minister in heated exchange: ‘It’s a cop-out’

Post Office scandal victims confront minister in heated exchange: 'It's a cop out'Source: BBC Breakfast

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00:00 We wanted people to come forward, we wanted more people to come and access compensation

00:04 and overturn those convictions. That has helped. A significant proportion of the 30 people

00:10 who have accepted compensation have gone down that route and we've seen more people come

00:13 forward on that basis but not enough have and that's why we're keen to make these changes

00:18 we're talking about making in the next few days.

00:22 A lot of executives are getting near enough up to £600,000. Do you think that that's

00:27 fair that somebody's had their life turned inside out and upside down, you're offering

00:32 them £600,000? I think that's just an easy cop out.

00:37 In terms of executives responsible within the Post Office for what's happened in the

00:40 past we've got the statutory inquiry of course, Sir Wynne Williams is chairing that inquiry

00:45 that will report by the end of the year or conclude by the end of the year and report

00:49 soon after. By then we'll be able to identify who's responsible for what happened to the

00:54 people that are with you.

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