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

  • @LmaydevEnglish
    21•5 months ago

    They aren’t necessary, that’s the point.

    They want to preserve them as historical documents and the government is trying to cut storage costs.

    • OtterEnglish
      10•5 months ago

      Oh

      Well in that case I’m a lot more meh about this. Thanks!

      • @LmaydevEnglish
        5•5 months ago

        Yeah I’m not a historian so I’m not sure the value of keeping the originals.