Justice secretary hints at new law to quash all 800 Horizon scandal convictions at once

Описание: Rishi Sunak is actively considering an emergency bill to quash all 800 Horizon scandal convictions at once, the justice secretary has revealed.

Mr Sunak’s ministers are in crunch talks on the best way to clear the names of hundreds of Post Office subpostmasters who were wrongfully convicted.

Justice secretary Alex Chalk told MPs that the government was giving “active consideration” to legislation to overturn the convictions.

It comes as former Post Office boss Paula Vennells announced that she would hand back her CBE following the fallout of the scandal.

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