Those responsible for the Horizon scandal ‘should go to jail’, says Post Office minister

The Post Office minister has said people responsible for the Horizon scandal “should go to jail”.

Kevin Hollinrake met dozens of those affected by the IT scandal in Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, where subpostmasters gathered to start their campaign for justice in 2009.

The Horizon inquiry is resuming this week and former subpostmaster Alan Bates, who organised the first Fenny Compton meeting, is to give evidence on Tuesday.

On BBC Breakfast on Monday (8 April), the MP for Thirsk and Malton told victims that the Government is trying to “streamline” the compensation process.