They may have already had to pay for bed and board for free accomodation they got while in prison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/06/wrongly-convicted

They may have already had to pay for bed and board for free accomodation they got while in prison: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/06/wrongly-convicted-prisoners-no-longer-pay-jail-living-costs/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/06/wrongly-convicte... I remember David blunket introducing this ghastly mechanism and being shocked that no one cared. He was an awful home secretary.