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‘How long can Post Office hide from paying proper compensation?’

Post Office executives who profited during the false accounting scandal linked to a flawed computer system should be forced to apologise and pay back their lucrative bonuses, according to former postmasters whose lives have been “ruined” by the ...

02 Mar 2022 at 17:25

Wrongly convicted subpostmasters still awaiting compensation one year on

Post Office workers implicated in the Horizon IT scandal have said they are no closer to gaining compensation a year after the first convictions were overturned. Neil Hudgell, the lawyer leading compensation negotiations, has called for cases ...

23 Apr 2022 at 10:25

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 ...

22 May 2024 at 10:30

Subpostmaster’s wrongful conviction contributed to early death, widow says

A subpostmaster’s wrongful conviction over missing funds “massively contributed” to his early death aged 67, his widow has said. Julian Wilson, who ran a post office in Astwood Bank, Worcestershire, took a plea deal in 2008 after ...

16 Feb 2022 at 17:55

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

The chairman of the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal has called for legislative change to resolve issues with what he described as “a patchwork quilt of compensation schemes… with some holes in it”. Just short of ...

17 Jul 2023 at 14:45

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 of the ...

09 Apr 2024 at 14:10

Badenoch: Allegations against ex-Post Office chairman triggered investigation

Former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton was being investigated over bullying allegations before his dismissal, the Business Secretary has told MPs. Kemi Badenoch said allegations relating to Mr Staunton’s conduct, ...

19 Feb 2024 at 21:27

Ex-Post Office chief hits back at Badenoch after claim of ‘spreading falsehoods’

A former Post Office chairman has accused the Business Secretary of making “an astonishing series of claims” and mischaracterisations after she told MPs he had spread “made-up anecdotes” following his dismissal. The ...

20 Feb 2024 at 08:29

Cameron government knew Post Office dropped probe into Horizon IT flaws – report

Lord David Cameron’s government reportedly knew the Post Office dropped a probe that may have helped wrongly-accused subpostmasters prove there were flaws in the Horizon accounting software. Ministers were aware ...

20 Feb 2024 at 13:54

Post Office chairman steps down amid Horizon scandal fallout

The chairman of the Post Office has stepped down amid ongoing tensions in the wake of the Horizon IT scandal. Henry Staunton will depart from the role following a phone call with Business Secretary Kemi ...

29 Jan 2024 at 10:24

‘Difficulties’ in Post Office governance led me to sack chairman, says Badenoch

Kemi Badenoch has said she was forced to intervene over “difficulties” with Post Office governance by sacking its former chairman as the company reels from the Horizon IT scandal. The Business ...

28 Jan 2024 at 11:05

Fujitsu to wait for Horizon inquiry to near end before deciding on compensation

Bosses at Fujitsu have indicated the company will wait until the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry nears its conclusion before it works out the appropriate amount of compensation it will pay to ...

31 Jan 2024 at 08:44

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