The chairman of the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal has called for legislative change to resolve issues with what he described as "a patchwork quilt of compensation schemes... with some holes in it".Just short of £100 million has been paid out so far by the Post Office and the Government to subpostmasters affected by the scandal.

The chairman of the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal has called for legislative change to resolve issues with what he described as "a patchwork quilt of compensation schemes... with some holes in it".Just short of £100 million has been paid out so far by the Post Office and the Government to subpostmasters affected by the scandal.