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Fujitsu still providing Horizon IT data for use in Post Office legal actions

Tech company knew of faults in system it used to extract data on transactions as early as 2008, inquiry hears

The Guardian - UK

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

European boss says company has ‘moral obligation’ to contribute but exact sum will have to wait until end of inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal: Fujitsu boss apologies to Horizon victims as inquiry hears company 'knew of tech problem'

Internal records from the tech firm which created Horizon reveal discussions about 'duplicate transactions' within the troubled IT system

Evening Standard

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Fujitsu has ‘moral obligation’ to contribute to Post Office compensation, Europe boss says, as Alan Bates warns ‘people are dying waiting’ – as it happened

Post Office CEO Nick Read and Fujitsu Europe boss Paul Patterson give evidence to business committee about Horizon IT scandal

The Guardian - UK

Post Office Horizon scandal: four reasons why the government's model for outsourcing is broken

For over a decade, the Post Office and its supplier, Fujitsu, insisted that the Horizon system used in its branches was completely “robust”. When discrepancies appeared in hundreds of branch accounts across the country, the Post Office refused to believe the system was at fault and didn’t challenge the information…

The Conversation

‘A tragedy is not far away’: 25-year-old Post Office memo predicted scandal

A 1999 note highlighted concerns of subpostmasters about the Horizon system and heralded decades of ministerial failings

The Guardian - UK

‘I can’t be in league with the devil’: Subpostmaster who quit after the TV drama

For Graham Livesey, who ran a post office in a Cumbrian village, watching Mr Bates vs The Post Office brought back painful memories

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Supporters of postmaster jailed for murder want a retrial after Horizon scandal

The postmaster's appeal for a retrial has previously been refused

Evening Standard

‘The timing was impeccable’: why it took a TV series to bring the Post Office scandal to light

Despite a two-year inquiry and years of campaigning, it was the four-hour drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office that enabled the British public to pay proper attention to the unbelievable horrors of this story

The Guardian - UK

Post office owner says Horizon IT system used to frame him for wife’s murder

Mother of murdered wife says killer using Horizon scandal to ‘gain publicity’

The Independent UK

Post Office ‘could face £100m bill and insolvency’ following Horizon scandal

Dan Neidle, tax lawyer, posted on X saying the Post Office claimed £934m tax relief for its compensation payments, and called it ‘unlawful’.

Evening Standard

Post office owner says Horizon system was used to frame him for wife’s murder

Robin Garbutt hopes for fresh appeal against conviction that came after jury heard evidence using data from discredited IT system

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal calls for reflection and justice

Letters: Readers debate problems with computer systems, denials of wrongdoing, and note that nothing is as effective in galvanising politicians as embarrassment

The Guardian - UK

Post Office lawyers say leaving no stone unturned is unrealistic, inquiry hears

Attitude of organisation and its legal team is ‘disgrace’, says David Davis as Horizon scandal inquiry continues

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Post Office provided ‘misleading’ information to inquiry and disclosure of documents has been ‘sub-optimal’, lawyer admits – as it happened

Lawyer acting for Post Office agrees that important disclosure questionnaire replicated inaccuracies

The Guardian - UK

The Post Office is now box office as inquiry resumes with righteous fury

Investigator Stephen Bradshaw may have drawn short straw, but the company man was far from a sympathetic figure

The Independent UK

Sunak warned Post Office compensation not enough as hundreds of victims fall through cracks

Lawyers say hundreds of subpostmasters who have yet to make claims may be too ‘traumatised’ to come forward because of mistrust

The Guardian - UK

Fujitsu gave £2.6m payoff to former UK boss in 2020, filings suggest

Exclusive: payment was made as the Horizon IT system’s failings at post offices were emerging in court cases

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The Guardian - UK

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 National (Scotland)

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 Independent UK

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

What is Fujitsu, the Japanese IT company at centre of Post Office’s Horizon scandal

Sunak government facing pressure to hold tech firm accountable ‘legally and finacially’

Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

Post Office investigators were given bonuses for every Horizon conviction

Evidence of ‘horrendous’ culture in pursuing staff emerges as public inquiry resumes

Evening Standard

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

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