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The government has also committed to setting up a new appeals process for postmasters who accepted a fixed payout under the HSS scheme.

U.S. in 1926, which held that the president could remove a postmaster in Oregon.

Andrew Taylor, a Cardiff-based barrister, described the ruling as "unfair", comparing the case to the fight for justice by former postmasters caught up in the much-publicised Horizon scandal.

Southern postmasters instituted a comprehensive censorship of mail to prevent antislavery literature from reaching the South.

It will look at how to meet changing consumer needs while also strengthening the relationship between the business and its postmasters.