[HN Gopher] UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims...
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       UK Post Office: 700 Horizon software scandal victims to receive
       PS600k each
        
       Author : martynr
       Score  : 23 points
       Date   : 2023-09-18 20:16 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | tyingq wrote:
       | They did answer my first question after reading the headline...
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       |  _" The government said the new compensation offer was in
       | addition to paying for all reasonable legal fees, and any post
       | office operator who does not want to accept it can continue with
       | the existing legal process."_
        
         | gumballindie wrote:
         | What i am curious though is if they'll be taxed on the money.
         | Of so that means the compensation is far lower.
        
           | tyingq wrote:
           | Some about that here: https://www.rossmartin.co.uk/private-
           | client-a-estate-plannin...
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           | Though that's talking about the prior monies paid, and not
           | specifically this.
        
       | edandersen wrote:
       | Any prosecutions yet for the people behind the scandal?
        
       | gumballindie wrote:
       | No news about convicts being let go earlier or a little bit after
       | yet? Some software in the uk is really just good looking bugs
       | that work for the most straight forward use case and nothing
       | else. Difficult to maintain attention to detail when the product
       | management culture is to make changes for the sake of changes.
        
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