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Post Office said last month it stands by most Horizon convictions

Letter shows Post Office told ministers it would oppose attempts to overturn 369 prosecutions

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to press ahead with legislation to exonerate Post Office Horizon victims

Plan comes despite judiciary’s alternative proposal amid concerns about parliament overturning court decisions

The Guardian - UK

Post Office victims wronged in Horizon scandal to have names cleared under new law

Subpostmasters will have wrongful convictions quashed under ‘clear and objective criteria’, the Government says

Evening Standard

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Kemi Badenoch failed to raise Horizon scandal when she met Fujitsu at Davos

Exclusive: FoI request shows minister was warned by civil servants of ‘risk’ but focused instead on tech firm’s investment in UK

The Guardian - UK

Ministers discuss alternative plan to exonerate Post Office Horizon victims

Exclusive: Meetings held about proposal by judiciary for courts to overturn convictions despite plan for bill to clear victims

The Guardian - UK

‘Constructive’ talks held over transfer of Post Office ownership to operators

Minister met union officials and representatives from co-operative movement to discuss mutualisation

The Guardian - UK

Simon Clarke advised to lie down by Tory MP after calling for Sunak to quit

Senior Conservatives dismiss former cabinet minister’s intervention as ‘isolated’ and ‘dangerous, reckless, selfish’

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Fujitsu should be on the hook for hundreds of millions of pounds in redress

Yes, the Post Office pursued the prosecutions but Fujitsu provided the star witnesses and the dodgy software

The Guardian - UK

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

Fujitsu should repay ‘fortune’ spent on Post Office scandal if guilty, says government

‘I would want to secure proper recompense on behalf of the taxpayer’, says justice secretary

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

The Independent 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

No precedent: why Commons approach to Post Office scandal has lawyers nervous

Legislation exonerating victims may be only way to achieve justice but it breaches fundamental principle

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

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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

International Business Times

UK To Exonerate And Compensate Wrongly Convicted Post Office Staff

The UK government announced Wednesday it will unilaterally quash the wrongful theft convictions of hundreds of self-employed Post Office branch managers targeted due to faulty software, and offer them immediate compensation.

The Independent UK

Watch: Sunak faces Starmer at PMQs amid plan to quash Post Office convictions

Watch as Rishi Sunak faces Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday 10 January.

Evening Standard

Post Office Horizon: Victims who had lives 'wrecked' by scandal clash with postal services minister

'This is one of the worst miscarriages of justice this country has seen', said one former sub-postmistress who lost £50,000 in the scandal

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The Guardian - UK

Horizon inquiry has shown evidence of ‘incompetence and malevolence’ by Post Office, says minister – as it happened

Kevin Hollinrake, responding to urgent question about Post Office scandal, says evidence was not available at time of prosecutions

The Independent UK

Sunak urged to suspend Fujitsu contracts after IT giant won billions despite Post Office scandal

PM under pressure to end ‘VIP’ treatment for IT giant – with almost £5bn handed over in deals since landmark court ruling on software scandal

The Independent UK

Post Office scandal - live: Rishi Sunak announces new law to quash convictions of Horizon victims

More than 100 others involved have come forward since ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office aired

Evening Standard

Post Office scandal: Ex-boss Paula Vennells may have to hand back bonuses, says minister

'If it’s on your watch something like this happens, then you have got to do the right thing,' says postal services minister Kevin Hollinrake

The Guardian - UK

Fujitsu bosses to be questioned by MPs over Post Office scandal

Firm created Horizon IT software, which gave false impression post office operators had stolen cash

The Guardian - UK

Reports PM privately thinks Rwanda plan won’t work are why costs must be published, Yvette Cooper says – as it happened

Yvette Cooper opens debate that, if passed, would force government to publish confidential documents about costs of Rwanda scheme

Evening Standard

Post Office scandal: Ministers in crunch talks with judges on how to fast-track clearing Horizon victims

A Bill to quash subpostmasters’ convictions is one of the options being considered

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