Post Office IT scandal whistleblowers to share £20m compensation pot
by Joanna Partridge from World news | The Guardian on (#60Y0V)
Courageous' former operators to share interim package amid continued fallout from faulty Horizon system
Former post office operators who helped to uncover the Horizon IT scandal are to receive 19.5m compensation from the government.
The interim compensation package will be made available by ministers to the eligible members of a group representing postal workers who were the first to take legal action against the Post Office, taking the total compensation made to those wrongly accused of stealing money to about 30m.
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