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Ministers discuss alternative plan to exonerate Post Office Horizon victims

Exclusive: Meetings held about proposal by judiciary for courts to overturn convictions despite plan for bill to clear victims

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2024

Top judge to look into flaws of controversial fast-track justice system

Action comes after a Standard investigation revealed concerns over how vulnerable are convicted in closed-door hearings

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2024

Sue Carr hits back and tells Sunak: the judiciary won’t be cowed

England and Wales’s first lady chief justice has rattled the cages of those in government who had declared open season on judges

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024

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Chief justice speaks out about plans to recruit 150 judges to deal with asylum cases

Most senior judge in England and Wales says government plans draw ‘matters of judicial responsibility into the political arena’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024

11 Cabinet ministers could lose their seats in upcoming election, according to Tory poll

A YouGov survey has predicted that several senior ministers are on track to lose their seats to Labour, Lib Dems and the SNP

The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2024

Plans to reform private prosecutions after Post Office Horizon scandal

Improved oversight and a law to strip organisations of their power to take people to court are among measures gaining cross-party support

The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2024

Post Office investigator denies behaving like ‘Mafia gangster’ over Horizon scandal

Astonishing day of evidence sees fraud investigator forced to deny he ‘collected bounty with threats and lies’ – as Rishi Sunak is warned hundreds more victims could come forward

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024

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Post Office investigators were given bonuses for every Horizon conviction

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

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024

Post Office scandal: Justice minister Alex Chalk urges Fujitsu to contribute compensation

Justice secretary says 'better that 10 guilty men escape than one innocent person is made to suffer'

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2024

Fujitsu should repay ‘fortune’ spent on Post Office scandal if guilty, says government

‘I would want to secure proper recompense on behalf of the taxpayer’, says justice secretary

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024

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

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2024

Murdered student’s aunt accuses Belmarsh of being a social club as killer ‘has sex with prison worker’

Arrested woman has been released under investigation over alleged relationship with Jordan McSweeney

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024

Sunak urged to suspend Fujitsu contracts after IT giant won billions despite Post Office scandal

PM under pressure to end ‘VIP’ treatment for IT giant – with almost £5bn handed over in deals since landmark court ruling on software scandal

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024

Former prisons chief blasts ‘panicky’ response to overcrowding crisis

Emergency proposals to ease capacity do not solve ‘fundamental problem’ of prisons crisis, a former prison chief inspector has warned

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2024

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The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2024

Former Post Office boss hands back CBE – as she’s urged to give answers over Horizon scandal

Disgraced former chief executive apologises for ‘devastation’ caused – as Rishi Sunak eyes emergency bill to quash all 800 convictions at once

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2024

Minister hints at new law to quash all 800 Horizon scandal convictions at once

Emergency legislation to exonerate all victims under ‘active consideration’, says justice secretary

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2024

Ministers in crunch talks with judges to overturn Horizon convictions

Rishi Sunak government’s considering legislation to exonerate staff and moves to strip Post Office of prosecution role

Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2024

Post Office scandal: Ministers in crunch talks with judges on how to fast-track clearing Horizon victims

A Bill to quash subpostmasters’ convictions is one of the options being considered

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The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2024

Ministers scramble to clear names of victims of Post Office Horizon scandal

Government draws up plans to speed up process of justice for those who were wrongfully convicted as public pressure grows

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2024

Post Office scandal: how might justice be delivered to those affected?

An outline of the possible remedies, from quashing all convictions relating to Horizon to prosecuting those to blame

The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2024

Sunak would ‘strongly’ back honours probe into ex-Post Office boss’s CBE

PM’s intervention comes as Tory MPs and Labour urge government to consider legislation to exonerate staff

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2024

Post Office scandal: more than 1m sign petition to strip ex-boss of CBE

Calls to remove honour of Paula Vennells who oversaw organisation as it denied problems with Horizon IT system

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024

Rishi Sunak considers plan to exonerate Post Office Horizon scandal victims

Prime minister reveals government could also strip Post Office of its powers to prosecute

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2024

Tory politicians call for review of fast-track justice system 'against British values' after pensioner convicted over bill

Politicians wrote to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk urging him to review the Single Justice Procedure

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2024

Meet the Outlaw escaping from prisons in protest against indefinite detention

Joe Outlaw is one of 2,921 inmates still on IPP sentences, which were abolished in 2012

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