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Downing Street declines to commit to Sir Alan Bates’s redress payment deadline

The Prime Minister has responded to Sir Alan Bates’s requests for help with settling redress claims for those affected by the Horizon scandal, but Downing Street declined to commit to the campaigner’s suggested payment deadline. Sir Alan told MPs ...

05 Nov 2024 at 18:01

PM yet to respond to requests for Horizon redress assistance from Sir Alan Bates

Sir Alan Bates has told MPs that the Prime Minister has not yet responded to his requests for help with settling redress claims for those affected by the Horizon scandal. The lead campaigner and former subpostmaster told the Business and Trade ...

05 Nov 2024 at 16:10

Ex-postal affairs minister apologises for government being ‘armed with lawyers’

A former postal affairs minister has apologised for allowing the government to “arm themselves with lawyers” while attempting to sort out redress for victims of the Horizon scandal. Kevin Hollinrake, who was in post between October 2022 and ...

06 Nov 2024 at 11:44

Post Office corporate culture at root of Horizon scandal – Business Secretary

The Business Secretary has said the Post Office’s corporate culture is at the root of the Horizon scandal, but has insisted the organisation is still “an incredibly important institution in national life”. Jonathan Reynolds told the ...

11 Nov 2024 at 11:27

Government allowed bureaucracy to get in way of Horizon redress – Kemi Badenoch

Conservative leader and former business secretary Kemi Badenoch has told the Horizon IT inquiry the government allowed “bureaucracy to get in the way of redress” for wronged subpostmasters. Mrs Badenoch said she, alongside ...

11 Nov 2024 at 18:19

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office among shows shortlisted for TV Choice Awards

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office has been shortlisted for the TV Choice Awards after the ITV drama renewed attention to the subpostmasters who were wrongly prosecuted during the Horizon IT scandal. More than 700 subpostmasters ...

08 Nov 2024 at 00:01

Four suspects identified in Post Office Horizon probe, police say

Four suspects have been identified by police investigating potential criminal charges as part of the Post Office Horizon scandal. The Metropolitan Police said more potential suspects will be identified as the ...

19 Nov 2024 at 18:01

No contact from Government over Horizon IT scandal, says Sir Alan Bates

Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates has said the Labour Government has not contacted subpostmasters and has left them “at a standstill” over the Horizon IT scandal. The 70-year-old said current financial ...

25 Sept 2024 at 23:04

Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates to be knighted at Windsor Castle

Sir Alan Bates, the leading campaigner for subpostmasters in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, will receive his knighthood at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. The 70-year-old, of Llandudno in north Wales, ...

25 Sept 2024 at 02:45

Nick Read to call time on Post Office job after tenure marred by Horizon

Post Office boss Nick Read joined long after the events which eventually sparked the Horizon scandal, but his tenure has been dominated by the crisis. Mr Read, 59, said on Wednesday that it was a ...

18 Sept 2024 at 12:30

Nick Read to step down as chief executive of Post Office next year

Post Office boss Nick Read is set to step down from the role next year, the company has said. Mr Read described it as a “great privilege” to have worked as chief executive in an “extraordinarily ...

18 Sept 2024 at 11:27

More than £1 billion paid to those wronged by Horizon scandal, Government says

More than £1 billion has been paid in financial redress to subpostmasters wronged by the Horizon IT scandal, the Government has said. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) said money has ...

09 Jun 2025 at 12:43

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