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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey Chief reporter

Minister ‘surprised’ Fujitsu hasn’t done more to help victims of Post Office scandal

The exterior of the village shop and Post Office in South Warnborough near Odiham.
Thousands of Post Office branch operators were unfairly prosecuted due to errors in Fujitsu’s Horizon IT system. Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

A minister has spoken of his disappointment that Fujitsu, the Japanese company behind the Horizon computer system, has not done more for those whose lives were ruined in the Post Office scandal.

After an intensive year of testimony and revelations at the public inquiry, the postal minister, Gareth Thomas, suggested the response of Fujitsu, which earned record profits in the last quarter of the year, had not been strong enough.

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