An expert has revealed why some sub-postmasters affected by the Horizon scandal have only been given £15.75 in compensation. Tax Policy Associates said there was a “very serious problem” with the application process. It has accused the Post Office of adopting “a
The man who spearheaded a campaign to expose the truth behind the wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters has said the latest compensation offer doesn’t go far enough. It comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced a £75,000 offer for sub-postmasters involved in a
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk hinted Horizon developer Fujitsu should have to pay towards the Post Office compensation scheme. Mr Chalk said “polluters should pay” when asked if the firm should contribute towards redress. Hundreds of subpostmasters were convicted of swindling money on
Russian state company Rostelecom will not seek compensation for damage to a fiber optic cable that was severed in the Baltic Sea last month and will complete the repair at its own expense, a company source told Reuters on Wednesday. The company
Johnny Kitagawa, the late founder of a Japanese boy band talent agency, has been accused of sexually assaulting teenagers for decades. Kitagawa, who allegedly sexually targeted hundreds of young men, died in 2019 and was never charged. A group of men accusing
The German defense ministry said Tuesday that it has received 178 applications for compensation from gay servicepeople who experienced discrimination in the military in the past. The ministry said in a statement that it had expected more applications, but that nonetheless “the
Rishi Sunak was greeted with boos, jeers and heckles at the Infected Blood Inquiry this afternoon as he faced cross-examination over government failure to organise proper compensation. Mr Sunak was asked whether it was “good enough” that there was no “concrete framework”
A court on Tuesday ordered a German diocese to pay $323,000 in compensation to a former altar boy who was repeatedly abused by a Catholic priest in the 1970s, a ruling that a victims’ association said was the first of its kind
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a complaint against USC, the Pac-12 and the NCAA, alleging that the parties have misclassified athletes as “student-athletes” rather than employees. The NLRB called all three entities joint employers of college athletes and said
Lithuania is seeking up to 120 million euros in compensation from Belarus, accusing its eastern neighbor of orchestrating the immigration of thousands of people, mainly from Africa and the Middle East. Since 2021, when the European Union imposed sanctions on Belarus and