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Post Office boss ‘obsessed with his pay’, claims former HR director

Nick Read said to have repeatedly demanded pay rises from the government and described bonus as ‘intolerable’

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Post Office boss sought ‘non-emotive words’ for Horizon bugs, inquiry hears

Paula Vennells and senior execs accused of ‘Orwellian’ use of language over computer system’s failings

The Guardian - UK

Change the law on computer evidence with an amendment to data protection bill

Letter: A group of software experts and barristers who have been supporting the subpostmasters affected by the Post Office Horizon miscarriages of justice call for changes to the bill going through the House of Lords

The Guardian - UK

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Post Office was urged by external lawyers to ‘suppress’ key document, inquiry hears

Email was sent suggesting postal company should withhold disclosing investigation guidelines

The Guardian - UK

Former Royal Mail chair apologises for ‘tragic’ Post Office prosecutions

Allan Leighton denies having received any warnings that the Horizon IT system was unreliable

The Guardian - UK

Post Office chief Nick Read cleared of misconduct in separate inquiry

Existence of whistleblower allegations added to scandal over Horizon computer system

The Guardian - UK

Former Post Office executive says he should not have said Horizon was robust

David Miller, then chief operating officer, tells inquiry he cannot recall 1999 meeting in which comment was made

The Guardian - UK

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MPs vote to give smoking ban bill second reading – as it happened

Rishi Sunak’s authority suffers blow as several Conservatives vote against bill, which clears first Commons hurdle with 383 votes to 67

The Guardian - UK

The Post Office inquiry is finally exposing the part politicians played in the Horizon scandal

The government sold the service on the cheap to leaders whose principal focus was on its profits. This is the sorry result, says barrister Sam Fowles

The Guardian - UK

Paula Vennells ‘likely’ signed off on £300,000 trial bill over £25,000 shortfall

Former managing director Alan Cook said Ms Vennells was likely the ‘designated authority’ to give the go-ahead.

Evening Standard

Post office operators may prosecute to hold officials to account, says Alan Bates

Campaigner demands clarity from Horizon IT inquiry that those responsible for wrongful convictions will face justice

The Guardian - UK

It’s a rotten system that puts unpaid carers in the dock

Letters: A council’s benefits expert and a tribunal judge, plus other readers, respond to reports on how the DWP is persecuting carers for unwittingly breaching complicated benefits rules

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Post Office boss wrote of ‘subbies with hand in the till’, inquiry hears

Alan Cook says he will regret the ‘inappropriate’ expression used in 2009 email for the rest of his life

The Guardian - UK

Former Royal Mail chief exec says he ‘was not aware’ group’s lawyers were prosecuting post office operators – as it happened

Adam Crozier tells Horizon IT scandal inquiry that he was unaware lawyers within the group conducted prosecutions

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Friday briefing: ‘The little guy crushed by a ruthless state’ – how the carers scandal is growing

In today’s newsletter: In an injustice that has echoes of the Post Office saga, carers are being prosecuted and fined thousands for minor, often accidental, rule breaches

The Guardian - UK

Post office operator wrongly jailed while pregnant rejects executive’s apology

Managing director David Smith emailed team in 2010 to say Seema Misra’s conviction was ‘brilliant news’

Evening Standard

Ex-Post Office manager apologises for celebrating after pregnant subpostmistress jailed

Seema Misra was handed a 15-month prison sentence in November 2010

Evening Standard

Fake Royal Mail stamps: Ministers urged to probe claims Chinese counterfeiters behind huge scam

Victims of the fake stamp scam face having to pay £5 penalties to collect their post

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Ex-MP tells inquiry Post Office ran a ‘behind-the-scenes deception process’

James Arbuthnot says concerns about reliability of faulty Horizon computer system were ‘brushed off’

Evening Standard

Early warnings of Post Office scandal dismissed by Government in 2009, inquiry hears

Lord Arbuthnot raised concerns that postmasters may have been accused of fraud in December 2009

The Guardian - UK

Post Office has run out of road thanks to an honest, stubborn man

Even the judge at the Horizon inquiry seemed impressed as the Alan Bates entered the room to recount his experience with the Post Office

The Guardian - UK

Alan Bates tells Post Office inquiry ministers tried to sabotage his claim

Campaigner at forefront of fight for justice over faulty Horizon system says government should have been involved far earlier

Evening Standard

Alan Bates: Post Office is 'atrocious dead duck' which should be sold to Amazon

Mr Bates said he first identified problems with the Horizon IT system in late 2000

The Guardian - UK

Tuesday briefing: What to expect from the next phase of the Post Office inquiry

In today’s newsletter: As Alan Bates prepares to speak on the devastating impact on thousands of former post office operators, we look at where the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal goes from here

Evening Standard

Man charged with Hounslow Post Office robbery as ‘£136,000 stolen at gunpoint’

Police said a suspect entered the building on April Fool’s Day making threats to two staff

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