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Post Office scandal

  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Post Office cut support for sub-postmasters despite Horizon faults being reported

    Branch managers told in 2003 that help desk reductions would have ‘little impact’ on their operations

    A Post Office street sign
  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    Post Office warned of Horizon faults as it pursued postmasters in court

    Details of system problems were disclosed in internal operational manuals

    The Horizon IT system used by the Post Office
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    ‘Ultimate accountability’ for Post Office scandal lies with government, says Pat McFadden

    Labour cabinet minister gives evidence in latest phase of public inquiry into wrongful conviction of sub-postmasters

    Pat McFadden
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Ex-Fujitsu engineer tells Post Office inquiry that Horizon system was ‘robust’

    Gareth Jenkins admits there were ‘discrete bugs’ that could lead to accounting problems but they were ‘well controlled’

    Former Fujitsu engineer Gareth Jenkins arrives at the public inquiry
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    UK honours system
    Post Office campaigner Alan Bates knighted in King’s birthday honours

    Former PM Gordon Brown, LSE chief Julia Hoggett and HSBC chair Mark Tucker all receive recognition

    Post Office scandal campaigner Alan Bates
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    Hayaatun Sillem
    Steps are needed to prevent another scandal like Horizon

    Engineers have long known about the problems of designing complex IT systems

    A line of protesters hold a long red banner reading “SOS - Support our sub-postmasters”
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    Law
    Serco faces landmark shareholder lawsuit over mischarging scandal

    US-style securities trial over stock-price drop set to be first of its kind in England

    An electronic ankle tag on a teenage offender in the UK and the Serco logo
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Paula Vennells denies Post Office conspired to hide Horizon flaws

    Former chief executive of state-owned business tells inquiry she was ‘too trusting’ but did ‘ask questions’

    Paula Vennells arriving at the inquiry in London on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Robert Shrimsley
    The real face of the Deep State

    From the infected blood scandal to the Post Office saga, the dead hand of officialdom is everywhere in the UK

    Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of blood bags on a tilted scales of justice.
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Crozier’s claim he was unaware of Post Office scandal undermined by letters

    Newly found correspondence includes a 2009 email from Jeremy Hunt raising constituents’ concerns about Horizon

    Adam Crozier, former chief executive of Royal Mail leaves Aldwych House on April 12, 2024 in London, England.
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    Former Post Office executive denies misleading High Court

    Counsel to the inquiry presents Angela Van Den Bogerd with emails that challenge earlier testimony

    Angela Van Den Bogerd
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Special ReportBusiness Legal Leaders
    Post Office scandal exposes ethical dilemmas of general counsel

    The affair highlights the responsibilities of in-house lawyers when warned of improper practices in their organisation

  • Thursday, 18 April, 2024
    Post Office Ltd
    Ex-Post Office chair accused of using ‘offensive’ term about job candidate

    External review into conduct at state-owned group finds Henry Staunton used discriminatory language

    Henry Staunton
  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    Post Office Ltd
    Post Office chief executive ‘exonerated’ of misconduct after review

    External report was prompted by allegations about Nick Read’s behaviour

    Nick Read arrives at Portcullis House on Wednesday
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    Evidence of fraud ‘quite compelling’, says Post Office’s ex-managing director

    Alan Cook tells Horizon inquiry he was not aware state-owned group was leading on prosecutions of sub-postmasters

    Alan Cook arrives to give evidence to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry in central London on Friday
  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2024
    Ex-Post Office chief claimed sub-postmasters were tempted to steal, inquiry told

    Paula Vennells said branch managers may have been enticed by money ‘lying about’, minutes suggest

    Paula Vennells
  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2024
    Campaigner Alan Bates accuses government of ‘vindictiveness’ in treatment of Post Office victims

    Former sub-postmaster tells public inquiry officials were ‘more guilty than politicians’ in delaying justice

    Former sub-postmaster Alan Bates, who was a victim of the Post Office scandal, arrives at the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry in London
  • Monday, 8 April, 2024
    Post Office scandal victims call for the ‘truth’ as next phase of inquiry begins

    Latest stage to focus on the role of executives, government ministers and figures from Fujitsu

    Montage of Alan Bates with Fujitsu and Post Office logos
  • Friday, 5 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    Ex-judiciary chief warns on Post Office mass exoneration

    Lord Ian Burnett says bill could be challenged when it faces scrutiny in the House of Lords

    Lord Ian Burnett
  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
    MPs consider sanctions against ex-Post Office chief over Horizon scandal

    Committee says no options ruled out if Paula Vennells proved to be in contempt of parliament

    Paula Vennells
  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
    Lex
    Funding behind the Post Office’s defeat has been better for justice than investors Premium content

    Litigation funding is a young industry with insecure foundations

    A woman walks past a Post Office shop
  • Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
    UK to bring in legislation quashing all convictions in Post Office scandal

    Sweeping bill set to exonerate hundreds of sub-postmasters across England and Wales despite concerns of judiciary

    Postmasters celebrate outside the High Court after their convictions were quashed
  • Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
    Post Office Ltd
    Ex-Post Office chair accuses CEO Nick Read of bullying head of HR

    Allegations by Henry Staunton came in a letter to MPs

    Henry Staunton, former chair of the Post Office
  • Sunday, 3 March, 2024
    Alex Chalk
    Cases like Mr Bates vs the Post Office must be funded

    The Supreme Court’s ruling against litigation funding arrangements slammed shut the doors of justice — I will open them

    Former sub-postmaster Alan Bates. For many claimants, litigation funding agreements are not just an important pathway to justice — they are the only route to redress
  • Saturday, 2 March, 2024
    News in-depth
    Executive infighting adds to chaos facing the Post Office

    Sub postmasters fear boardroom spat will paralyse the lossmaking business

    Sub-postmaster Richard Trinder, who works at Handsworth Post Office in Sheffield.
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