A postman who fell off his bike was awarded £10,000 in compensation a Freedom of Information request has revealed. 

The MailOnline report: 

A council is paying thousands of pounds to workers who suffered slight injuries following minor accidents while Royal Mail has given nearly £10,000 to a postman who fell off his bike.

The claims have been branded ‘spurious’ and reveal the extent to which the compensation culture has crept across Britain.

The council worker got more than £23,000 in damages when they fell over while the postman received nearly £10,000 when his chain snapped.

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Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.