Victims’ compo offer not enough

■ ALAN Bates is so right, it’s not enough. Why do the victims still have to keep fighting for full and fair restitution? They were entirely innocent and have been put through decades of humiliation, with a loss of livelihoods and homes, to be offered a wholly insufficient sum.

Even £600,000 is inadequate, given the cost of rebuilding a life destroyed by a lack of concern by governments, and attacked by an aggressive corporate culture using all means to defend the indefensible.

However, this country is fortunate to have people like Alan Bates to call the authorities to account.

A Hutton-Wilson Evercreech, Somerset

■ Rishi Sunak has only been shamed into action over the Post Office scandal by public pressure. There was no alternative except to exonerate the victims, but what about those in charge?

They must be pursued with the same vigour as the subpostmasters were because Fujitsu and Post Office execs manipulated the facts to squirm out of their responsibilities. Fujitsu’s IT systems have reportedly failed again and again. They should be made to pay for a system that not only didn’t work but had catastrophic repercussions for many. They should never be awarded another government contract. John Irving, Leeds

■ Contract after contract has been awarded to Fujitsu while knowing there were questions about their Horizon IT system. Surely, once again, this shows how incompetent our government is. Anyone with an ounce of common sense would not be throwing good money after bad.

But they have form in this regard. Remember the PPE contract awarded to the firm linked with Michelle Mone which had no experience? I’m sure there are many other examples we don’t know about.

The system of awarding contracts has an unpleasant odour. Mindy Lee

Woodford Green, East London

■ While it’s good news at long last the Government is addressing this awful miscarriage of justice, the sub-postmasters need to be careful about what’s in the fine print.

The money offered sounds all well and good on the surface but, for instance, will the recipients have to pay for legal fees ultimately reducing their settlements?

The sub-postmasters and their families have already been through enough.

Anthony Probert Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire

■ Reading your story about Fujitsu’s failed Horizon IT system (January 10) made my blood boil at the thought of this company still being used at a cost of £100million a year.

It should be Fujitsu footing the bill for the compensation to the victims, not British taxpayers. Their failures are at the root of this scandal. Dave Winterbottom Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancs

■ Not only should the law quashing all the convictions of the subpostmasters be implemented quickly, there should also be legislation to prevent the Post Office from carrying out its own prosecutions.

In future they should use the normal process via the police who produce a file for the Crown Prosecution Service. G Crawford, Gillingham, Kent

■ After watching the ITV drama on the disgraceful mistreatment of the sub-postmasters/mistresses, Fujitsu must be held accountable too. This appalling situation needs investigating further, particularly with regard to Fujitsu’s involvement. Sandra Walter, South East London