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MYSTERIOUS: 16 - What They Never Told You

Post Office deceived barrister reviewing Horizon conviction, inquiry hears

Simon Clarke, who advised postal firm to stop prosecutions decade ago, says key document was ‘deliberately withheld’ from him

The Guardian - UK

Mandelson firm worked for campaign critics say would hinder Post Office-style lawsuits

Exclusive: Litigation such as that spearheaded by Alan Bates could become harder if advice from senior figure at Labour peer’s Global Counsel given effect

The Guardian - UK

'Armed robber' denies £130,000 Post Office raid in Hounslow

More than £130,000 was allegedly stolen in the raid on a Hounslow Post Office

Evening Standard

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Post Office investigators saw Horizon victims as ‘enemies’, inquiry told

Senior company lawyer agrees that 2013 draft report shows ‘needless adversarialism’ by Post Office team

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Camelot boss Nigel Railton named as new Post Office chair

Interim role will include overseeing compensation payments as result of Horizon IT scandal

The Guardian - UK

UK and US manufacturing sectors shrink as new orders fall and prices rise – as it happened

The UK’s manufacturing sector suffered a fresh downturn last month as disruption to shipments in the Red Sea hit firms

The Guardian - UK

New musical based on Horizon scandal is ‘deep dive into the crushing heartbreak’

Writer of Make Good: the Post Office Scandal says postal workers’ interviews helped describe ‘the power of the state coming down on you’

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Humza Yousaf says he’s ‘very confident’ of winning no confidence vote and he will ‘compromise’ with critics – as it happened

First minister says he has ‘every intention of winning’ vote of no confidence and ‘believes in ability to work with and negotiate’ with opposition leaders

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Post Office executive Angela van den Bogerd refuses to apologise for role in Horizon IT scandal

Angela van den Bogerd faces two days of questioning over the Post Office Horizon IT scandal

Evening Standard

Ex-Post Office executive says she does not recall email telling her Horizon terminals could be remotely accessed – as it happened

Angela van den Bogerd says she forgot about email in 2010 saying cash balances in post office operators’ accounts could be remotely accessed

The Guardian - UK

Post Office boss ‘obsessed with his pay’, claims former HR director

Nick Read said to have repeatedly demanded pay rises from the government and described bonus as ‘intolerable’

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Post Office boss sought ‘non-emotive words’ for Horizon bugs, inquiry hears

Paula Vennells and senior execs accused of ‘Orwellian’ use of language over computer system’s failings

The Guardian - UK

Change the law on computer evidence with an amendment to data protection bill

Letter: A group of software experts and barristers who have been supporting the subpostmasters affected by the Post Office Horizon miscarriages of justice call for changes to the bill going through the House of Lords

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Post Office was urged by external lawyers to ‘suppress’ key document, inquiry hears

Email was sent suggesting postal company should withhold disclosing investigation guidelines

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Former Royal Mail chair apologises for ‘tragic’ Post Office prosecutions

Allan Leighton denies having received any warnings that the Horizon IT system was unreliable

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Post Office chief Nick Read cleared of misconduct in separate inquiry

Existence of whistleblower allegations added to scandal over Horizon computer system

The Guardian - UK

Former Post Office executive says he should not have said Horizon was robust

David Miller, then chief operating officer, tells inquiry he cannot recall 1999 meeting in which comment was made

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MPs vote to give smoking ban bill second reading – as it happened

Rishi Sunak’s authority suffers blow as several Conservatives vote against bill, which clears first Commons hurdle with 383 votes to 67

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The Post Office inquiry is finally exposing the part politicians played in the Horizon scandal

The government sold the service on the cheap to leaders whose principal focus was on its profits. This is the sorry result, says barrister Sam Fowles

Evening Standard

Paula Vennells ‘likely’ signed off on £300,000 trial bill over £25,000 shortfall

Former managing director Alan Cook said Ms Vennells was likely the ‘designated authority’ to give the go-ahead.

The Guardian - UK

Post office operators may prosecute to hold officials to account, says Alan Bates

Campaigner demands clarity from Horizon IT inquiry that those responsible for wrongful convictions will face justice

The Guardian - UK

It’s a rotten system that puts unpaid carers in the dock

Letters: A council’s benefits expert and a tribunal judge, plus other readers, respond to reports on how the DWP is persecuting carers for unwittingly breaching complicated benefits rules

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Post Office boss wrote of ‘subbies with hand in the till’, inquiry hears

Alan Cook says he will regret the ‘inappropriate’ expression used in 2009 email for the rest of his life

The Guardian - UK

Former Royal Mail chief exec says he ‘was not aware’ group’s lawyers were prosecuting post office operators – as it happened

Adam Crozier tells Horizon IT scandal inquiry that he was unaware lawyers within the group conducted prosecutions

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: ‘The little guy crushed by a ruthless state’ – how the carers scandal is growing

In today’s newsletter: In an injustice that has echoes of the Post Office saga, carers are being prosecuted and fined thousands for minor, often accidental, rule breaches

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