Post Office inquiry: hopes for delivery of good news dwindles With the hearings in their final phase, there has been less movement on the issues besetting the organisation than might have been hoped The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024
Digested week: Snail’s pace payments, a dodgy knee and gullible hounds As the Post Office Horizon inquiry ends, Gary Lineker aside and Donald Trump makes some mad picks The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2024
Post Office inquiry is treated to KemiKaze at her brittle, narcissistic worst Where others began by expressing regret over the Horizon scandal, Kemi said nothing. Because she feels nothing The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024
Post Office chief was paid a lot while not doing a good job, says ex-minister Kevin Hollinrake tells Horizon IT scandal inquiry that Nick Read was unable to properly lead organisation The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2024
Post office operators may sue over compensation delay, Alan Bates says Campaigner told MPs deadlines must be set, and he had been waiting a month for reply from Starmer The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024
Post Office legal chief denies saying branch operators ‘guilty until proven innocent’ Ben Foat tells inquiry into Horizon IT scandal that issue was ‘whipped up’ by former chair Henry Staunton The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2024
Post Office boss admits attempts to double his pay look ‘very poor’ Nick Read tells Horizon IT inquiry he did not threaten to resign over remuneration The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2024
Former Post Office bosses ‘not held to account’ over Horizon IT scandal, CEO suggests CEO Nick Read said he was ‘surprised’ to find that there were 33 police investigations involving Post Offices in June this year The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2024
Post Office Horizon IT inquiry: the issues that CEO Nick Read needs to explain Outgoing boss faces three days of testimony from Wednesday into Horizon IT scandal and culture of Post Office The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024
Whistleblower told Post Office chairman ‘there is a class, race and gender divide at the top’ Former chairman Henry Staunton said he was ‘horrified’ after Post Office maintained postmasters were guilty despite Horizon IT scandal The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024
Former Post Office chair warns of fresh Horizon-style scandal in the making Henry Staunton tells inquiry of risk if staff involved in prosecutions are not fired before new IT system is rolled out The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024
Post Office boss asked about his pay ‘more than expected’ – board member Amanda Burton tells inquiry Nick Read seemed overly interested in remuneration given Horizon scandal The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024
Post Office inquiry poised to hear present-day staff deliver their verdict The long running investigation will enter a new phase this week with findings from a revealing survey of current operators The Guardian - UK · Sep 22, 2024
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 · May 1, 2024
The Guardian - UK · May 1, 2024 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 · Apr 23, 2024 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 · Apr 17, 2024 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 · Mar 7, 2024 Post Office ‘unfit’ to run compensation scheme for Horizon victims, MPs say Just 20% of compensation has been paid, finds Commons committee, which says government should set legally binding timeframes
The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2024 It’s Kemi Badenoch v the Post Office, the show where ministers sweep everything under the carpet Whatever the truth in the latest ‘he said, she said’ row, one thing’s clear: the government has no intention of tackling this institutional rot, says barrister Sam Fowles
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024 Horizon scandal victim uses Brits appearance to urge faster compensation Jo Hamilton presented a music award alongside Monica Dolan, who portrayed her in Mr Bates vs The Post Office
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024 Former Post Office chair claims he is victim of ‘smear campaign’ led by Kemi Badenoch Henry Staunton stands by his allegations against the government and turns on Post Office CEO in dramatic day of evidence to MPs
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024 Tory MPs have Badenoch’s back as they slog it out with former Post Office chair Henry Staunton refuses to back down as he gives evidence to the business select committee
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024 Alan Bates sees ‘no end’ to Post Office scandal as payout targets missed Campaigner says he personally rejected ‘cruel’ compensation offer as government admits it is still failing to act fast enough
The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024 ‘Toxic culture of disbelief’ persists at top of Post Office, MPs told Committee releases minutes of board meeting before appearance by former Post Office chair Henry Staunton
The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024 Post Office said last month it stands by most Horizon convictions Letter shows Post Office told ministers it would oppose attempts to overturn 369 prosecutions