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Post Office ‘could face £100m bill and insolvency’ following Horizon scandal

Dan Neidle, tax lawyer, posted on X saying the Post Office claimed £934m tax relief for its compensation payments, and called it ‘unlawful’.

Evening Standard

Post office owner says Horizon system was used to frame him for wife’s murder

Robin Garbutt hopes for fresh appeal against conviction that came after jury heard evidence using data from discredited IT system

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal calls for reflection and justice

Letters: Readers debate problems with computer systems, denials of wrongdoing, and note that nothing is as effective in galvanising politicians as embarrassment

The Guardian - UK

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Post Office lawyers say leaving no stone unturned is unrealistic, inquiry hears

Attitude of organisation and its legal team is ‘disgrace’, says David Davis as Horizon scandal inquiry continues

The Guardian - UK

Post Office provided ‘misleading’ information to inquiry and disclosure of documents has been ‘sub-optimal’, lawyer admits – as it happened

Lawyer acting for Post Office agrees that important disclosure questionnaire replicated inaccuracies

The Guardian - UK

The Post Office is now box office as inquiry resumes with righteous fury

Investigator Stephen Bradshaw may have drawn short straw, but the company man was far from a sympathetic figure

The Guardian - UK

Sunak warned Post Office compensation not enough as hundreds of victims fall through cracks

Lawyers say hundreds of subpostmasters who have yet to make claims may be too ‘traumatised’ to come forward because of mistrust

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Fujitsu gave £2.6m payoff to former UK boss in 2020, filings suggest

Exclusive: payment was made as the Horizon IT system’s failings at post offices were emerging in court cases

The Guardian - UK

What is the UK’s Post Office IT scandal about and who is involved?

Prosecution of thousands of people has been described as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British history

The Guardian - UK

Humza Yousaf jibes 'UK-based parties' should reflect on Horizon scandal role

HUMZA Yousaf has urged “all UK based parties” to reflect on their role in the Post Office scandal as opposition leaders rounded on the Crown…

The National (Scotland)

Tears of sub-postmistress who won’t be saved by Sunak’s £600,000 compensation scheme

One of thousands wrongly forced to pay Post Office shortfalls warns £75,000 offered by PM ‘won’t cut it’

The Independent UK

What is Fujitsu, the Japanese IT company at centre of Post Office’s Horizon scandal

Sunak government facing pressure to hold tech firm accountable ‘legally and finacially’

The Independent UK

Post Office investigator denies acting like 'Mafia gangster' with subpostmaster

Stephen Bradshaw was involved in the pursuit of nine Post Office branch managers, including Lisa Brennan who was wrongly accused of stealing £3,000 in 2003

Evening Standard

Post Office investigators were given bonuses for every Horizon conviction

Evidence of ‘horrendous’ culture in pursuing staff emerges as public inquiry resumes

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Evening Standard

Fujitsu could have to repay ‘fortune’ spent on Horizon scandal, Justice Secretary says

Calls are growing for the firm behind the faulty Horizon software to be barred from Government contracts and to pay compensation to victims

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer denies he knew CPS was prosecuting post office operators

Labour leader was director of public prosecutions when three cases brought by CPS resulted in convictions

Woman & Home

Where is the real Jo Hamilton from Mr Bates vs The Post Office now?

Here's what you need to know about the real Jo Hamilton, the Subpostmistress who was a victim of the Horizon Post Office Scandal

The Independent UK

Postmasters prosecuted by CPS while Keir Starmer was in charge

Spotlight on Labour leader after days of outrage at Paula Vennells and Ed Davey

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Evening Standard

Post Office IT scandal: Rishi Sunak’s new law to clear victims - The Standard podcast

Plus, jail trauma of wrongly-convicted London sub-postmaster

The Independent UK

Post Office scandal: How will the new law to exonerate victims of Horizon work?

Rishi Sunak has announced plans to overturn the wrongful conviction of over 700 postmasters since 2003

The Conversation

Post Office will struggle to rebuild brand trust – as Boeing and Facebook scandals show

The Post Office, once an iconic British brand has fallen from grace following the Horizon IT Scandal. With over 11,500 branches, it’s the largest retail franchise network in Europe, offering a variety of products – not just postal, but cash and banking, foreign exchange and government services. Post offices are…

The Guardian - UK

‘What we’ve been calling for’: post office operators welcome acquittal plan

Joy mixed with caution as victims of Horizon scandal say they hope pledge will result in concrete action after 20 years

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Post Office Horizon scandal — now shame the guilty

The Post Office scandal which devastated the lives of hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses has revealed quite a lot about the way the establishment operates. Paula Vennells, the former Post Office boss who presided over the miscarriage of justice, has handed back her CBE. It leaves unanswered the question…

The Guardian - UK

Tell us: when did you learn of the Post Office Horizon scandal?

We want to hear from people in the UK about the role of the ITV drama in drawing attention to the scandal

The Guardian - UK

‘Wrecked my life’: Horizon victims tell of suffering caused by Post Office scandal

One former operator says he missed seeing dying father, as others describe horrors of prison and the stigma they suffered

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