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Post Office scandal: what the lack of action tells you about Britain's polarised politics

It’s hard to hear anything about the Post Office scandal without being outraged at the way innocent people have been treated by a system stacked against them. The bosses of a powerful institution simply didn’t believe and didn’t listen to its people.

The Conversation

What is the UK’s Post Office IT scandal about and who is involved?

Prosecution of thousands of people has been described as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British history

The Guardian - UK

Humza Yousaf jibes 'UK-based parties' should reflect on Horizon scandal role

HUMZA Yousaf has urged “all UK based parties” to reflect on their role in the Post Office scandal as opposition leaders rounded on the Crown…

The National (Scotland)

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Tears of sub-postmistress who won’t be saved by Sunak’s £600,000 compensation scheme

One of thousands wrongly forced to pay Post Office shortfalls warns £75,000 offered by PM ‘won’t cut it’

The Independent UK

Post Office used threat of jail to persuade accused to keep quiet about Horizon failings

Investigator Stephen Bradshaw admits lawyers offered lesser charges as part of company’s efforts to protect its court cases

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal: Nine ways compensation scheme for postmasters 'rigged' against them, says expert

'It’s a scandal, on top of a scandal,' says top tax expert Dan Neidle

Evening Standard

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

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Post Office tried to change TV drama, says Mr Bates producer

The Post Office overlords tried one last time to flip the script

Evening Standard

Post Office hero Alan Bates hails new law to quash postmaster convictions

Government this week announced new legislation to swiftly exonerate 700 postmasters

The Independent UK

Post Office investigator denies acting like 'Mafia gangster' with subpostmaster

Stephen Bradshaw was involved in the pursuit of nine Post Office branch managers, including Lisa Brennan who was wrongly accused of stealing £3,000 in 2003

Evening Standard

Ian Hislop praised for ‘obliterating’ Tory chair during Post Office debate: ‘You can’t just talk nonsense’

Hislop hit out at Jake Berry, asking them why is party ‘did nothing’ until ITV’s drama ‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’ was released

The Independent UK

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

‘We tapped into the nation’s rage’: The creators of Mr Bates vs the Post Office on the drama’s colossal impact

The ITV series about the Post Office scandal is swiftly becoming one of the most influential dramas of all time. Its writer Gwyneth Hughes and producer Patrick Spence tell Ellie Harrison they are astonished by the reaction – and explain what a real win will look like for the victims

The Independent UK

A British postal scandal ruined hundreds of lives. The government plans to try to right those wrongs

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will introduce measures to reverse the convictions of more than 900 Post Office branch managers wrongly accused of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system

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The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer denies he knew CPS was prosecuting post office operators

Labour leader was director of public prosecutions when three cases brought by CPS resulted in convictions

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on justice for the sub-postmasters: the reckoning has only just begun

Editorial: Compensation for innocent victims of the Post Office scandal must be accompanied by a ruthless process of holding their tormentors to account

Woman & Home

Where is the real Jo Hamilton from Mr Bates vs The Post Office now?

Here's what you need to know about the real Jo Hamilton, the Subpostmistress who was a victim of the Horizon Post Office Scandal

The Guardian - UK

Now claw back Vennells’s bonuses from the Post Office. The rules allow it

Clauses in the former CEO’s contract could easily be enforced – but the whole rotten saga goes deeper

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The Independent UK

Postmasters prosecuted by CPS while Keir Starmer was in charge

Spotlight on Labour leader after days of outrage at Paula Vennells and Ed Davey

The National (Scotland)

All Scottish Post Office scandal victims will be cleared, Humza Yousaf says

ALL subpostmasters wrongly convicted in Scotland because of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal will be cleared, Humza Yousaf has said ...

The Guardian - UK

MPs finally recognise the real heroes of the Post Office scandal: MPs

PMQs told the country that campaigners such as Alan Bates had nothing on Priti Patel, Lee Anderson and Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Post Office scandal: How will the new law to exonerate victims of Horizon work?

Rishi Sunak has announced plans to overturn the wrongful conviction of over 700 postmasters since 2003

The Conversation

Post Office will struggle to rebuild brand trust – as Boeing and Facebook scandals show

The Post Office, once an iconic British brand has fallen from grace following the Horizon IT Scandal. With over 11,500 branches, it’s the largest retail franchise network in Europe, offering a variety of products – not just postal, but cash and banking, foreign exchange and government services. Post offices are…

The Guardian - UK

UK government urged to review £2bn in Fujitsu contracts amid Horizon scandal

Japanese company’s Horizon IT system caused accounting errors that were blamed on post office operators

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Post Office Horizon scandal — now shame the guilty

The Post Office scandal which devastated the lives of hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses has revealed quite a lot about the way the establishment operates. Paula Vennells, the former Post Office boss who presided over the miscarriage of justice, has handed back her CBE. It leaves unanswered the question…

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