The inquiry into the scandal of hundreds of post office operators being pursued through the courts due to the faulty Horizon accounting system built by Fujitsu began hearing evidence in January 2021. The ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office catapulted the latest hearings into focus. Here are four main points from the most recent hearings, which started in January, covering policy, audits and investigations.
The inquiry, led by the retired high court judge Sir Wyn Williams, will reopen in central London in the spring, with evidence from the former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells and the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, who was postal affairs minister between 2010 and 2012.
