Post Office announce more than 100 branches and around 1,000 jobs at risk in major shake-up Post Office has revealed it is looking to offload 115 directly-owned branches across the UK The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024
Post Office cuts: Full list of London branches at risk of closure The Post Office is looking to offload 115 branches, putting around 1,000 workers at risk, with hundreds of head office roles also under threat Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2024
Post Office jobs and branches under threat amid overhaul The Post Office is looking to offload 115 branches, putting around 1,000 workers at risk, with hundreds of head office roles also under threat. The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2024
UK will allay Trump concerns over Chagos Islands, says minister, as Priti Patel says Tories opposed to deal– as it happened Stephen Doughty, foreign office minister, says if UK had not negotiated a deal with Mauritius, ‘a legally binding decision against UK seemed inevitable’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2024
Post Office to announce ‘transformation plan’ amid reports of job cuts Chairman Nigel Railton is to announce new cost-cutting measures that could result in the closure of more than 100 branches across the country. Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2024
Post Office to announce branch closures and job cuts in cost-cutting drive Company seeking to shut or refranchise most of its crown post offices and cut up to 1,000 head office positions The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2024
Post Office inquiry is treated to KemiKaze at her brittle, narcissistic worst Where others began by expressing regret over the Horizon scandal, Kemi said nothing. Because she feels nothing The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024
Kemi Badenoch says ministers let bureaucracy hold up payments to wronged subpostmasters Tory leader blamed ‘too much bureaucracy’ for lenghty waits in payouts for wronged subpostmaster The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024
Badenoch: it’s ‘disappointing’ it took ITV drama to speed up Post Office payouts Tory leader tells inquiry she worked behind scenes to try to win funding for more compensation over Horizon scandal The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024
Government allowed bureaucracy to get in way of Horizon redress – Kemi Badenoch Mrs Badenoch and Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds gave evidence to the inquiry on Monday. Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024
Post Office corporate culture at root of Horizon scandal – business secretary Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he takes ‘ultimate responsibility’ for ensuring wronged subpostmasters are given full, fair and prompt redress The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024
Post Office corporate culture at root of Horizon scandal – Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said he takes ‘ultimate responsibility’ at governmental level for full, fair and prompt redress. Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2024
Watch live: Tory leader Kemi Badenoch appears before Post Office inquiry Watch live as Kemi Badenoch appears before the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry on Monday, 11 November. The Independent UK · Nov 11, 2024
Pay for NHS chiefs to be linked to performance with ‘no more rewards for failure’, Wes Streeting says – as it happened Health secretary to confirm announcement in speech later this week The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024 Make Good: The Post Office Scandal review – a musical miscarriage of justice The installation of the Horizon digital till resembles the villain’s entrance in a pantomime
The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024 Families of post office operators may be able claim Horizon compensation, says minister Government is looking into gaps in eligibility criteria that mean family and employees of branch owners cannot claim
The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2024 Post Office chief was paid a lot while not doing a good job, says ex-minister Kevin Hollinrake tells Horizon IT scandal inquiry that Nick Read was unable to properly lead organisation
Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2024 Ex-postal affairs minister apologises for government being ‘armed with lawyers’ Kevin Hollinrake said it was one of the mistakes he made while in post.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024 Post office operators may sue over compensation delay, Alan Bates says Campaigner told MPs deadlines must be set, and he had been waiting a month for reply from Starmer
The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024 Post Office campaigner Alan Bates says he’s been waiting a month for reply from PM about compensation delays – as it happened Former post office operator tells Commons committee that Keir Starmer has not responded to requests for help with settling claims for Horizon scandal
The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2024 UK politics live: Badenoch’s shadow cabinet shows Tories ‘learned nothing’ from Truss chaos, says Labour Top roles for Priti Patel, Mel Stride, Chris Philp and Robert Jenrick as new shadow cabinet revealed
The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024 Yorkshire cricket racism whistleblower Azeem Rafiq leads calls to force firms to investigate concerns Exclusive: Group of high-profile whistleblowers cite Grenfell and Post Office scandals as they demand Labour government makes companies act
The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2024 Post Office expects to have paid more than £650m in Horizon claims by March Inquiry hears claims jumped after TV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office and that £1.4bn is likely to be paid out overall
The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2024 US dollar weakens as election polls shift away from Donald Trump – as it happened Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as investors reassess bets after some polls suggest Kamala Harris has gained momentum
Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2024 More than £13bn set aside for infected blood and Horizon scandal victims Some £11.8 billion will be set aside for infected blood victims, and £1.8 billion to compensate those caught up in the Post Office Horizon scandal.