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

  • NickwithaCEnglish
    48•1 year ago

    Digitising wills: ok, cool.

    Destroying paper originals: Oh god no, why?!

    • @kerrigan778English
      7•1 year ago

      Presumably because they’re confidential and therefore need to be disposed of properly and storing them costs money?