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
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
Digitising wills: ok, cool.
Destroying paper originals: Oh god no, why?!
Presumably because they’re confidential and therefore need to be disposed of properly and storing them costs money?