Ministry of Justice plan to destroy historical wills is ‘insane’, say experts
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Department hopes to save £4.5m a year by digitising – then binning – about 100m wills that date back 150 years

UK plan to digitise wills and destroy paper originals “insane” say experts::Department hopes to save £4.5m a year by digitising – then binning – about 100m wills that date back 150 years

    • @[email protected]English
      3•5 months ago

      But the counter to this is that when it is digitised it becomes far easier to search, to share, and learn from. So there’s that too.