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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.

Evening Standard

Post Office inquiry poised to hear present-day staff deliver their verdict

The long running investigation will enter a new phase this week with findings from a revealing survey of current operators

The Guardian - UK

Paula Vennells shown damning text from ex-Royal Mail chief over Post Office scandal: ‘I think you knew’

‘I think you knew,’ the ex-Post Office boss was told by Canadian-born Moya Greene, who was in charge of the Royal Mail for eight years

The Independent UK

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‘I have no sense there was any conspiracy at all’, Paula Vennells tells Post Office Horizon inquiry – live

Former chief executive of the Post Office tells the inquiry she does not think there was a conspiracy but that mistakes were made

The Guardian - UK

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

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

Lost emails and last-ditch finds: how the Post Office inquiry was delayed

Public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal has been repeatedly halted by obstacles such as a ‘series of disclosure failings’

The Guardian - UK

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Post Office used threat of jail to persuade accused to keep quiet about Horizon failings

Investigator Stephen Bradshaw admits lawyers offered lesser charges as part of company’s efforts to protect its court cases

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal: Justice minister Alex Chalk urges Fujitsu to contribute compensation

Justice secretary says 'better that 10 guilty men escape than one innocent person is made to suffer'

Evening Standard

Auditor’s ‘inaccurate’ court statement resulted in subpostmaster’s bankruptcy

Helen Rose was questioned by the chairman and counsel to the inquiry over seemingly false information provided to the High Court in 2006

The Independent UK

Auditor made ‘inaccurate’ court statement leading to bankruptcy of subpostmaster

Helen Rose was questioned by the chairman and counsel to the inquiry over seemingly false information provided to the High Court in 2006.

The Independent UK

After 20 years, here’s why the Post Office scandal is special: the cover-up is happening in plain sight

People whose lives were destroyed deserve justice. And those responsible are contriving to make sure they don’t get it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Post Office inquiry chair criticises Horizon compensation scheme

Wyn Williams calls for legislative change to resolve issues for those affected by the scandal

The Guardian - UK

Post Office compensation schemes ‘a patchwork quilt with holes in it’

An interim report covering the three compensation schemes was published on Monday.

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Post Office inquiry chair warns of ‘criminal sanction’ over disclosure failures

Between 2000 and 2014, more than 700 sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses (SPMs) were falsely prosecuted.

The Guardian - UK

Post Office boss apologises for inquiry bonus payments

Company wrongly paid executive bonuses for cooperation with inquiry into faulty computer system

The Guardian - UK

UK government to investigate Post Office over wrongly paid bonuses

CEO Nick Read and other top bosses given thousands of pounds for cooperating with IT scandal inquiry

The Independent UK

Post Office chief executive apologises over unapproved bonuses linked to Horizon

The Post Office authorised the payments based on a target executives had set themselves.

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Nottingham Post

Wrongly convicted Nottinghamshire Postmaster dies before being fully compensated

On Thursday, April 27 the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry’s chairman Sir Wyn Williams announced that Robert Boyle died suddenly earlier in April

Wales Online

Another Post Office subpostmaster wrongly convicted in Horizon IT scandal dies

A public inquiry heard the former Post Office worker died without being fully compensated

The Independent UK

Two more Post Office workers die awaiting final compensation, inquiry hears

On Tuesday the inquiry’s chairman, Sir Wyn Williams, said Isabella Armstrong-Wall and Lynette Hutchings had died.

The Independent UK

Post Office scandal: Awarding contracts to Fujitsu ‘appalling’, minister told

‘It is appalling that this company can get anywhere near another government contract’

The Guardian - UK

Post Office accused of withholding documents from IT scandal inquiry

Lawyers for unfairly convicted operators accuse company of ‘malevolent’ tactics in row over 30,000 documents

Liverpool Echo

'Most wanted' vile bully who poured boiling water on woman caught with kilo of cocaine

Anthony Reilly was recorded making sickening threats to the victim who resorted to wearing disguises

The Guardian - UK

Hello £200k beach huts, goodbye primary school – the Welsh village hollowed out by second homes

Abersoch was once an ordinary fishing hamlet. Now, holiday flats sell for £1.5m. We talk to locals whose community is disappearing under a flood of outsiders’ cash

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