Nearly a year after announcing an independent review into its prosecution of around 100 Post Office workers, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has yet to appoint a reviewer or begin the process. Unlike the roughly 900 convictions secured by the Post Office — which were quashed through legislation — the convictions arising from DWP prosecutions remain in place. Solicitor Neil Hudgell, whose firm represents 19 people convicted following DWP prosecutions, described the situation as “a scandal within a scandal”. “At the heart of all this are a number of badly affected Post Office victims for whom the pain and suffering endures,” he said. Mr Allen and his wife Julie ran a Post Office together when she was arrested at the branch in 2002.