Post Office chairman steps down amid 'tensions with government' in wake of Horizon IT scandal Insiders reportedly said Henry Staunton's departure is not directly linked to the scandal Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2024
Post Office chair dismissed as business reels from Horizon IT scandal Business secretary Kemi Badenoch tells Henry Staunton he is to be replaced, feeling ‘a need for new leadership’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2024
No 10 ‘taking seriously’ reports that Horizon files show Post Office cover-up BBC says government aware of alleged Post Office plan in 2014 to sack forensic accountants who flagged bugs in IT system The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2024
Paula Vennells' charity work There’s been acres of media coverage of the disgraced Paula Vennells in recent weeks – largely in relation to her activity on the board of the Post Office. Evening Standard · Jan 26, 2024
Horizon scandal: wrongly convicted post office operator died from fall Lynette Hutchings fell at home and died last year after brain cancer diagnosis, inquest hears The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024
Horizon scandal: post office operator cleared after years of suffering in silence Court quashes Kathleen Crane’s conviction, adding that she was ‘kept in ignorance’ of IT system’s defects The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024
Ex-post office operator claims she was told British Asians were often pushed into theft Exclusive: Kuldeep Kaur Atwal says auditors urged her to admit to stealing £30,000 – a charge of which she was later cleared The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024
The Guardian view on Royal Mail: when letters arrive is a social, not market, decision Editorial: Privatisation has not seen consumer and staff interests properly protected. It is time to consider a different approach The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2024
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
Post Office Scandal: Investigator Admits 'We Should Have Not Been Doing Any Investigations' The investigator, who was partly responsible for the conviction of Peter Holmes and Willian Quarm, tells lawyers that he was "just doing my job". International Business Times UK · Jan 23, 2024
Post Office set targets for recovering cash from operators accused in Horizon scandal Inquiry hears that investigators were set rising targets linked to their bonuses for clawing back supposed losses The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 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
Grenfell survivors to confront executives of firms blamed for disaster Survivors say in wake of Post Office scandal: ‘Those in power have lost their moral compass’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2024
Deaths unexplained, lives devastated: here’s another national tragedy hidden in plain sight Watching the Post Office victims are families who need answers from their mental health trust. Pity those battling bureaucracies, says Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2024 Post Office regulators failed the subpostmasters in the Horizon scandal The government seems to have an aversion to watchdogs that are effective
The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 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 Monica Dolan: ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office affected people because they saw their worst nightmare unfold’ The actor, 54, tells Hayley Myers about her scientific parents, missing Live Aid, working on accents and Velma, her Siberian husky
The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 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 will never be held accountable for the Post Office scandal. It is too important to this government This isn’t its first failure, yet the tech giant is so embedded in the public sector that it seems invincible, says Sam Fowles, a barrister, author and broadcaster
The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024 Grenfell families say fight for justice has parallels with Post Office IT scandal Bereaved accuse ministers of ‘whitewashing’ the disaster but tell of hope for a similar acceleration of justice
The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 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 We’ve all felt like ‘skint little people’ against the system – that’s why the Post Office drama broke our hearts Faceless computers have replaced vengeful gods, But the rules of Greek tragedy still apply: the powerful can wreak havoc on human lives, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins
The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024 Rishi Sunak challenges House of Lords to accept ‘the will of the people’ and pass Rwanda bill – as it happened Prime minister says he wants first flight to leave ‘as soon as practicably possible’ but will not give date