'Get your act together': Post Office scandal victims' message to PM

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Victims of the Post Office scandal shared their messages for Sir Keir Starmer after the first report from the Post Office inquiry was published.

"Just stop being cruel to people. Stop playing with people's lives. Everyone on this sofa have suffered enough," victim Maria Lockwood said.

They shared their message to the prime minister as part of a BBC Breakfast special.

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