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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rob Davies

Fujitsu admits for first time it should help compensate Post Office victims

The technology company Fujitsu has admitted for the first time that it should pay financial redress to victims of the Post Office scandal, as MPs were told by former post office operator Alan Bates that people were “dying” while waiting for their claims to be processed.

In evidence to MPs on the business select committee, Fujitsu’s European boss, Paul Patterson, admitted the company had known the IT system was faulty since the 1990s.

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