Victims Of The UK Post Office Horizon Scandal To Be Exonerated By New Law

Victims Of The UK Post Office Horizon Scandal To Be Exonerated By New Law

Victims of the UK Post Office Horizon scandal will be exonerated by a new law, according to the UK government. The scandal saw almost a thousand post office employees wrongly prosecuted as a result of faults in a computer system. The government says it will aim to clear their names by July. Simon Gaitán reports.

February 23, 2024 9

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Ukraine war: corruption scandals and high-level rifts could become an existential threat as Kyiv asks for more military aid

By Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham and Tetyana Malyarenko, National University Odesa Law Academy The latest revelations about corruption in Ukraine tell a complex story. A scandal has engulfed the Ukrainian ministry of defence, where 100,000 mortar shells worth about $40m (£31m) were paid for but never delivered. But within days of this story emerging, Ukraine achieved its best-ever ranking in the annual corruption perceptions index complied […]

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