Fujitsu’s boss tells the post office that he ‘doesn’t know’ whether Horizon IT is reliable

Julian Blake continues to ask Reynolds about details of the story arrangement.

He shows Reynolds a departmental email recommending that, from a public resources perspective, people who reject the £75,000 lump sum in favor of an individual assessment should not have access to the £75,000.

The amount should then be limited to £50,000, the email advises.

Blake says this proposal has been criticized by some as putting pressure on claimants.

Reynolds says the figure of £50,000 has been set so that people can follow the individual assessment route, without having a sense of danger forcing people into a course of action they did not want to take.

He says the £50,000 is a “safety limit” so that the post-assessment compensation will not be significantly lower than the original £75,000.

The decision was made to give people a “real choice” about what their fair remedy is, Reynolds said.

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