Sir Ed Davey says he should have apologised sooner for Horizon scandal role Sir Ed served as post office minister under the coalition government from 2010 to 2012. Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2024
Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells stripped of CBE She lost the title for ‘bringing the honours system into disrepute’ Evening Standard · Feb 23, 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 The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024
Ministers to press ahead with legislation to exonerate Post Office Horizon victims Plan comes despite judiciary’s alternative proposal amid concerns about parliament overturning court decisions The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024
ITV announces drama on contaminated blood scandal after Post Office series success Peter Moffat will write show about what is considered one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in NHS history The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024
Post Office victims wronged in Horizon scandal to have names cleared under new law Subpostmasters will have wrongful convictions quashed under ‘clear and objective criteria’, the Government says Evening Standard · Feb 22, 2024
Justin Welby: church should have asked more questions about ex-Post Office boss Archbishop says C of E failed to challenge involvement of Paula Vennells’ in church bodies in light of Horizon scandal The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024
Thursday briefing: Kemi Badenoch’s war of words with the Post Office official she fired, explained In today’s newsletter: The business secretary’s spat with Henry Staunton could damage her reputation, and future ambitions The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024
Post Office scandal: civil servant rejects claims she asked to slow compensation Sarah Munby insists she never suggested to ex-Post Office chair Henry Staunton that he delay payments to post office operators The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024
The Guardian view on Kemi Badenoch v the Post Office: a symptom of chronic shallowness Editorial: If the government had cared as much about Horizon victims as the business secretary claims, she would not be in a row about delayed compensation The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024
Civil servant dragged into fight with ex-chair of Post Office has government’s backing – for now Sarah Munby forced to break cover to rebut Henry Staunton claim she told him to delay Horizon compensation payments The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024
PMQs sketch: Starmer and Sunak trade Post Office blows but bigger fight awaits on Gaza Prime Minister and Labour leader face off over Post Office scandal but bigger clash awaits Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2024
Sunak refuses to repeat Badenoch claim that ex-Post Office chair lied PM declines to say Henry Staunton lied about government’s handling of payments for Horizon scandal victims The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024
Fired Post Office chief escalates Horizon scandal compensation row as he hits back at Badenoch with ‘memo’ Henry Staunton’s note of a conversation with senior civil servant was reported to say he had been advised to ‘hobble’ into the election and not to ‘rip off the band aid’ in terms of Post Office finances Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024 More than 30 MPs sign motion of no confidence in Commons speaker – as it happened Labour amendment calling for immediate Gaza ceasefire passes after government and SNP walkout
Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2024 Post Office scandal: how many subpostmasters have received compensation? A damning Post Office Inquiry report called for more to be done to compensate the thousands of people impacted
The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024 Badenoch v Staunton: a public mudslinging over the Post Office A look at the origins of the confrontation between the business secretary and the former Post Office chair, and what is at stake
Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2024 Harrowing video of suffering of sub-postmasters victim of Horizon IT scandal published by public inquiry The move came as MPs are probing whether a top civil servant gave a ‘go-slow order’ on pay-outs
The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024 MPs demand to see ex-Post Office chair’s note over Horizon payouts Henry Staunton has accused government of wanting to stall compensation payments to victims until after election
The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024 SNP welcomes Labour call for ‘immediate humanitarian ceasefire’ in Gaza, claiming it forced Starmer into U-turn – as it happened Stephen Flynn says decision by Labour is ‘long-overdue’ and Starmer was forced into position by public pressure and the SNP
The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024 Kemi Badenoch accuses Post Office chair she sacked of seeking revenge Business minister criticises Henry Staunton after he claimed the government wanted to stall payouts to scandal victims
The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024 On Horizon, the truth is an insult to the ever-outraged Kemi Badenoch The business secretary is a passionate defender of free speech – apart from any criticism of her
The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2024 Minister says government working on sanction options for those involved in Alexei Navalny’s death – as it happened Leo Docherty, Foreign Office minister, says government ‘working at pace’ to hold those responsible for Russian opposition leader’s death to account
The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2024 Ministers deny claims government wanted to stall Post Office Horizon scandal payouts Former Post Office chair claimed request was made so government could ‘limp into’ the next election
The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2024 Home Office test scandal students to pitch Mr Bates-inspired TV drama Group believe dramatisation could help ignite wider interest in ‘huge injustice that most people still don’t know about’