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The Post Office scandal – a timeline of key events

Paula Vennells is set to be questioned under oath at the Horizon IT inquiry. She is due to be quizzed on her role in the Horizon scandal after more than 700 subpostmasters were prosecuted by the Post Office and handed criminal convictions between ...

22 May 2024 at 02:45

Paula Vennells apologises to subpostmasters at Post Office Horizon IT inquiry

Disgraced ex-Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells apologised for “all that subpostmasters and families… have suffered” as her evidence to the Horizon IT inquiry got under way. The 65-year-old ordained priest told the inquiry on Wednesday ...

22 May 2024 at 10:30

Alan Bates: From ‘unmanageable’ subpostmaster to subject of TV drama

Alan Bates became a household name after a TV drama shone a spotlight on how he was forced to lead a campaign on behalf of subpostmasters following one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in UK history. Mr Bates led a group of 555 ...

09 Apr 2024 at 18:45

Alan Bates to give evidence to Post Office Horizon IT inquiry

Prominent campaigner Alan Bates has arrived at the Post Office IT Inquiry ahead of giving evidence to the probe, as the investigation enters a significant phase. Mr Bates founded the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, and led a ...

09 Apr 2024 at 09:50

Post Office spent 23 years trying to discredit and silence me – Alan Bates

Lead campaigner and former subpostmaster Alan Bates has told the Horizon IT inquiry the Post Office spent 23 years “attempting to discredit and silence me”. Mr Bates gave evidence from the witness box at the probe on Tuesday, ...

09 Apr 2024 at 12:09

Campaigner Alan Bates proposes private prosecutions over Post Office IT scandal

Former subpostmaster and campaigner Alan Bates has said he will pursue private prosecutions against those responsible for the Horizon IT scandal if the inquiry does not pass a file to prosecuting authorities. The inquiry ...

13 Apr 2024 at 11:43

Post Office scandal: Petition nears 600k for compensation of affected people

A petition demanding compensation for people affected by the Post Office Horizon IT scandal is nearing 600,000 signatures, as campaigner Alan Bates gives evidence to the public inquiry into the system’s failures. The ...

09 Apr 2024 at 14:16

Alan Bates ‘took offence’ to Sir Ed Davey’s arm’s length Post Office claim

Alan Bates has said he “took offence” after former postal affairs minister Sir Ed Davey suggested the government had an arm’s length relationship with the Post Office. Mr Bates wrote to Sir Ed in May 2010 on behalf ...

09 Apr 2024 at 14:10

Post Office was ‘definitely trying to outspend us’ in High Court – Alan Bates

Lead campaigner and former subpostmaster Alan Bates has told the Horizon IT inquiry he believed the Post Office was “definitely trying to outspend us” as part of its “aggressive” tactics at the High Court. Giving ...

09 Apr 2024 at 19:27

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Julie Hesmondhalgh: Wife of Alan Bates is wind beneath his wings

Actress Julie Hesmondhalgh has said the wife of campaigner and former subpostmaster Alan Bates is “the wind beneath his wings.” The former Coronation Street star, who plays Suzanne Sercombe in the ITV drama ...

10 Apr 2024 at 10:46

Alan Bates was sacked as subpostmaster for being ‘unmanageable’, inquiry hears

Lead campaigner and former subpostmaster Alan Bates was sacked by the Post Office because it considered him “unmanageable”, the Horizon IT Inquiry has heard. The probe was shown slides from an undated ...

09 Apr 2024 at 18:31

Sir Ed Davey apologises to Alan Bates over ‘arm’s length’ comment in 2010 letter

Former Post Office minister Sir Ed Davey has apologised to campaigner Alan Bates for his letter about the government having an “arm’s-length relationship” with the organisation – which the ...

16 Apr 2024 at 09:58

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