Government ‘doing everything that it can’ on Post Office Horizon software scandal

In an urgent question, the Under-Secretary for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Paul Scully, gave an update on the Post Office Horizon software scandal.

The Conservative MP told the House that the government are “doing everything it can” to address the scandal. However, Scully could not yet “report a resolution”.

Scully told the House that the government was “stepping in to meet a good deal of the cost of compensation”.