The miscarriage of justice perpetrated by those responsible for the sub-postmaster scandal reveals deep systemic failures of scrutiny, responsibility & accountability in Whitehall.
The mistreatment of sub-postmasters by the Post Office as a result of the Horizon software scandal was a massive miscarriage of justice. I’m delighted the full scale of the scandal is finally getting the public scrutiny and attention it deserves.
In the run up to the Spring Budget, I will be launching a Fair Funding Relief for Rural Areas campaign to push the Chancellor and Treasury to go further to help hard-hit local businesses and self-employed who are the backbone of the long term prosperity of rural areas like ours.
After conversations with local residents, the Griston Community Group, the Parish Council and local councillors, I have written to Breckland to signal my shared concern and opposition towards a group of connected applications at the Coughtrey Industrial Estate.