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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jane Croft

REVEALED: Post office next government urged to consider transferring ownership to operators | Vintage Vibes

People walk past a post office in Westminster, London
The Post Office, which has 11,500 branches across the UK, reported a £76m loss for the year ended March 2023. Photograph: SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images

Britain’s next government has been urged to set up a taskforce to explore the future for the state-owned Post Office including mutualisation – once victims of the Horizon IT scandal have been financially compensated.

The Post Office Horizon IT scandal has been described by MPs as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in recent years and was highlighted by the recent ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office.

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