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Post Office bonus culture ‘played part’ in Horizon scandal, says former minister

A former post affairs minister has said she believes a bonus culture at the Post Office “played a significant part in producing the abhorrent behaviour that prevailed” during the Horizon scandal. Ex-Conservative MP Margot James, who was in post ...

24 Jul 2024 at 17:41

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to return CBE over Horizon scandal

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells is to hand back her CBE following the fallout of the Horizon IT scandal which led to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters. The former chief executive, who ran the Post Office while it ...

09 Jan 2024 at 19:19

Vennells denies having inkling convictions were unsafe despite Bates email

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has claimed she had no inkling subpostmaster convictions were unsafe in 2013 despite a “concerning” email from lead campaigner Alan Bates. Mr Bates told Ms Vennells that he was “surprised” she had not ...

23 May 2024 at 11:27

Strip Post Office of prosecution powers over Horizon scandal – Starmer

Labour has called for prosecution powers to be stripped from the Post Office and previous convictions looked at again, amid growing anger over the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters and postmistresses for alleged fraud. It comes as ...

08 Jan 2024 at 12:15

Post Office scandal victims accuse Paula Vennells of making ‘PR apology’

Victims of the Post Office scandal have accused the company’s former boss Paula Vennells of making a “PR apology” to those affected. Ms Vennells began her evidence to the Horizon IT Inquiry in central London on Wednesday by ...

22 May 2024 at 14:43

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 ...

22 May 2024 at 10:30

Ministers scramble to speed up the overturning of Post Office convictions

Ministers scramble to speed up overturning of Horizon scandal convictions

Ministers are drawing up plans to hasten the clearing of the names of hundreds subpostmasters who were wrongfully convicted in the Horizon scandal. Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake told MPs on Monday that ways to ...

09 Jan 2024 at 10:53

Ministers looking to speed up overturning of Horizon scandal convictions

Ministers are investigating ways to speed up the overturning of wrongful convictions of subpostmasters under the Horizon scandal. Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake told MPs he expected the Government to unveil a ...

08 Jan 2024 at 21:23

Subpostmaster campaigners hope OBEs will help fight for full and fair redress

Leading subpostmaster campaigners who have been made Officers of the British Empire have vowed they will “never give in” in their fight to help fellow Post Office scandal victims receive full and fair compensation. ...

30 Dec 2024 at 22:30

Paula Vennells to give evidence at next stage of Horizon inquiry

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells will give evidence at the next stage of the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal. Ms Vennells, who was chief executive officer of Post Office Ltd between 2012 and 2019, has ...

02 Feb 2024 at 18:55

Paula Vennells: Key moments in Horizon IT inquiry involving ex-Post Office boss

The decisions and conduct of former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells have been put under the spotlight in the Horizon IT inquiry since the beginning of the year. As the eyes of the inquiry’s counsel ...

21 May 2024 at 02:45

MPs plan to raise Horizon scandal in Commons as calls grow for victim redress

MPs plan to raise the Horizon scandal in the Commons as Parliament returns this week amid growing anger over the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters and postmistresses for alleged fraud. Conservative ...

08 Jan 2024 at 10:33

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