Former Post Office investigator insists cleared Horizon IT victim was guilty Raymond Grant says his ‘time was limited’ after being forced to appear at inquiry over minimum witness statement The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2024
Horizon scandal: concern over complex route to justice for Scottish victims As inquiry hears evidence on Scottish case, worries raised about obstacles in road to justice for victims prosecuted by state prosecutor The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024
If the Horizon Post Office story is treated as a scandal, nothing will change Fujitsu, the IT giant behind the flawed Horizon software, remains one of the UK government’s key suppliers, and only a national crisis will shake things up The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2024
If a firm’s mission mantra includes words like ‘trust’, be alarmed: just look at Fujitsu’s Horizon developer and the Post Office are latest in a long line of corporate behemoths whose snappy slogans have fallen short The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2024
Fujitsu government contracts under scrutiny in light of Horizon scandal Treasury committee writes to 21 bodies including Bank of England and HMRC to demand details of post-2019 deals The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2024
Post Office: ‘appalling’ that courts not told of bugs, Fujitsu boss admits Europe chief of tech firm embroiled in Horizon IT scandal tells inquiry that bugs were identified as early at 1999 The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2024
Fujitsu manager described post office operator as ‘nasty chap’, inquiry hears Peter Sewell apologises for language in email during Horizon-related prosecution that left Lee Castleton bankrupt The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024
“Enhances your tone and feel with little to no effort”: Misha Mansoor wants Horizon Devices’ new Clarity Compressor to be your new always-on pedal The pedal was designed to “take the guesswork out of compressors” with Periphery guitarist and Horizon chief Mansoor saying it’s the only pedal he never turns off Guitar World · Jan 18, 2024
Fujitsu still providing Horizon IT data for use in Post Office legal actions Tech company knew of faults in system it used to extract data on transactions as early as 2008, inquiry hears The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024
Fujitsu admits for first time it should help compensate Post Office victims European boss says company has ‘moral obligation’ to contribute but exact sum will have to wait until end of inquiry The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024
Post Office scandal: Fujitsu boss apologies to Horizon victims as inquiry hears company 'knew of tech problem' Internal records from the tech firm which created Horizon reveal discussions about 'duplicate transactions' within the troubled IT system Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2024
Fujitsu has ‘moral obligation’ to contribute to Post Office compensation, Europe boss says, as Alan Bates warns ‘people are dying waiting’ – as it happened Post Office CEO Nick Read and Fujitsu Europe boss Paul Patterson give evidence to business committee about Horizon IT scandal The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024
Post Office Horizon scandal: four reasons why the government's model for outsourcing is broken For over a decade, the Post Office and its supplier, Fujitsu, insisted that the Horizon system used in its branches was completely “robust”. When discrepancies appeared in hundreds of branch accounts across the country, the Post Office refused to believe the system was at fault and didn’t challenge the information… The Conversation · Jan 15, 2024
‘A tragedy is not far away’: 25-year-old Post Office memo predicted scandal A 1999 note highlighted concerns of subpostmasters about the Horizon system and heralded decades of ministerial failings The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jan 14, 2024 ‘I can’t be in league with the devil’: Subpostmaster who quit after the TV drama For Graham Livesey, who ran a post office in a Cumbrian village, watching Mr Bates vs The Post Office brought back painful memories
Evening Standard · Jan 13, 2024 Supporters of postmaster jailed for murder want a retrial after Horizon scandal The postmaster's appeal for a retrial has previously been refused
The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2024 ‘The timing was impeccable’: why it took a TV series to bring the Post Office scandal to light Despite a two-year inquiry and years of campaigning, it was the four-hour drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office that enabled the British public to pay proper attention to the unbelievable horrors of this story
The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2024 Post office owner says Horizon IT system used to frame him for wife’s murder Mother of murdered wife says killer using Horizon scandal to ‘gain publicity’
Evening Standard · Jan 13, 2024 Post Office ‘could face £100m bill and insolvency’ following Horizon scandal Dan Neidle, tax lawyer, posted on X saying the Post Office claimed £934m tax relief for its compensation payments, and called it ‘unlawful’.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2024 Post office owner says Horizon system was used to frame him for wife’s murder Robin Garbutt hopes for fresh appeal against conviction that came after jury heard evidence using data from discredited IT system
The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2024 Post Office scandal calls for reflection and justice Letters: Readers debate problems with computer systems, denials of wrongdoing, and note that nothing is as effective in galvanising politicians as embarrassment
The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2024 Post Office lawyers say leaving no stone unturned is unrealistic, inquiry hears Attitude of organisation and its legal team is ‘disgrace’, says David Davis as Horizon scandal inquiry continues
The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2024 Post Office provided ‘misleading’ information to inquiry and disclosure of documents has been ‘sub-optimal’, lawyer admits – as it happened Lawyer acting for Post Office agrees that important disclosure questionnaire replicated inaccuracies
The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2024 The Post Office is now box office as inquiry resumes with righteous fury Investigator Stephen Bradshaw may have drawn short straw, but the company man was far from a sympathetic figure
The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024 Sunak warned Post Office compensation not enough as hundreds of victims fall through cracks Lawyers say hundreds of subpostmasters who have yet to make claims may be too ‘traumatised’ to come forward because of mistrust