Fujitsu and Post Office clash over new rules on Horizon data requests Software maker now requires answer on whether use of audit records is related to action against post office workers The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2024
Ministers explore plan to hand Post Office to subpostmasters Campaigner Alan Bates says mutualisation won’t work as organisation will continue to need government subsidies The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2024
Post Office legal chief denies saying branch operators ‘guilty until proven innocent’ Ben Foat tells inquiry into Horizon IT scandal that issue was ‘whipped up’ by former chair Henry Staunton The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2024
Post Office continued to use racist term for black workers until 2016, inquiry told Terms used to categorise branch operators in Horizon IT scandal by race said to be common in 1980s public sector The Guardian - UK · Oct 18, 2024
Post Office chiefs changed Horizon data in branches last year without telling operators, inquiry hears Executive Tracy Marshall tells inquiry such practice has since stopped saying it ‘absolutely shouldn’t have happened’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2024
Former Post Office IT chief claims Horizon system has no fundamental flaw Mike Young said he saw nothing ‘fundamentally wrong’ and defended ability to remotely access branch accounts The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2024
Post Office picked comments backing Horizon IT system from damning judgment, emails show Company tried to convince police to take action against a post office operator this year, it has emerged The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2024
Post Office explores taking branch owner-operators to court again State-owned body writing off losses of £12m a year after stopping practice, inquiry told The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2024
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Post Office boss admits attempts to double his pay look ‘very poor’ Nick Read tells Horizon IT inquiry he did not threaten to resign over remuneration The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2024
Former Post Office bosses ‘not held to account’ over Horizon IT scandal, CEO suggests CEO Nick Read said he was ‘surprised’ to find that there were 33 police investigations involving Post Offices in June this year The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2024
Post Office Inquiry - live: CEO Nick Read hints many feel former leader Paula Vennells not held to account The Post Office Horizon IT scandal led to hundreds of postmasters being wrongly prosecuted for theft and false accounting The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2024
Post Office boss told ‘not to dig into the past’ by top lawyer, Horizon IT inquiry hears Three individuals are currently under investigation by the Post Office and outside agencies over conduct in Horizon IT scandal, CEO Nick Read said The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024
Post Office boss Nick Read tells inquiry no employee is above the law CEO denies any ‘untouchables’ exist in company who would escape disciplinary action following Horizon scandal The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024
The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2024 Post Office Inquiry - live: Three people under investigation over Horizon IT scandal, says CEO Nick Read The Post Office Horizon IT scandal led to hundreds of postmasters being wrongly prosecuted for theft and false accounting
The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2024 Post Office Horizon IT inquiry: the issues that CEO Nick Read needs to explain Outgoing boss faces three days of testimony from Wednesday into Horizon IT scandal and culture of Post Office
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024 Urgent call for new public body to handle state scandal compensation schemes in wake of damning report ‘These people have been failed by the state and it is unacceptable that schemes designed to compensate them are further adding to the damage already caused’
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The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024 Post Office CEO Nick Read prefers teams of ‘younger, deferential males’, inquiry told Ex-finance chief says very few senior roles held by women, after he is asked about alleged ‘culture of misogyny’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2024 Post office operators will not all get payouts by March deadline, says minister Gareth Thomas admits compensation date for those caught up in Horizon IT scandal difficult to achieve
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2024 Whistleblower told Post Office chairman ‘there is a class, race and gender divide at the top’ Former chairman Henry Staunton said he was ‘horrified’ after Post Office maintained postmasters were guilty despite Horizon IT scandal
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2024 Former Post Office chair warns of fresh Horizon-style scandal in the making Henry Staunton tells inquiry of risk if staff involved in prosecutions are not fired before new IT system is rolled out
The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2024 Post Office boss asked about his pay ‘more than expected’ – board member Amanda Burton tells inquiry Nick Read seemed overly interested in remuneration given Horizon scandal
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2024 Post Office scandal hero Sir Alan Bates awarded knighthood at Windsor Castle Sir Alan Bates said he was ‘honoured’ to receive a knighthood
The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2024 Post Office asked to use Horizon IT data to support criminal case this year, inquiry hears Inquiry reveals angry email from Fujitsu boss after team requested IT firm for help in case against sub-post office owner