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Horizon Post Office scandal compensation decision delay ‘unacceptable’

The chair of the inquiry into the Horizon computer system scandal has said a delay in determining whether to process late compensation applications has been “wholly unacceptable”. Sir Wyn Williams said the delay in making the decision “remains ...

15 Aug 2022 at 18:45

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 ...

22 May 2024 at 10:30

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 £100 ...

17 Jul 2023 at 14:45

Post Office inquiry chairman warns he will take disclosure failures seriously

The chairman of the inquiry into the Post Office IT scandal has warned he will not hesitate to attribute blame to any party which fails to disclose important and necessary documents. Sir Wyn Williams insisted he will “use all the ...

11 Oct 2022 at 18:22

Paula Vennells breaks down in tears mid-evidence at Horizon IT inquiry

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells has broken down in tears mid-evidence as she was grilled about why she had told MPs that the Post Office had been successful in every case against subpostmasters. The 65-year-old ordained ...

22 May 2024 at 12:25

Paula Vennells admits ‘mistakes’ but denies conspiracy in Horizon scandal

Disgraced ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells has admitted she “made mistakes” but denied there was a conspiracy to cover up the Horizon scandal. The 65-year-old ordained priest began her evidence at the Horizon IT inquiry ...

22 May 2024 at 10:49

Paula Vennells breaks down twice in emotional appearance at Post Office IT probe

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has broken down in tears twice mid-evidence as she made an emotional appearance at the Horizon IT inquiry. She stopped mid-answer and reached for a tissue as she was grilled about ...

22 May 2024 at 15:05

Alan Bates says he has ‘no sympathy’ for tearful Paula Vennells

Lead campaigner and former subpostmaster Alan Bates has said he has “no sympathy” for Paula Vennells after she broke down twice during her first day of evidence to the Horizon IT inquiry. Mr Bates said he met “senior” ...

22 May 2024 at 17:35

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 ...

06 Nov 2024 at 11:44

First tranche of final report from Horizon scandal inquiry to be published

The first tranche of the long-awaited final report from an inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal is set to be published. More than 900 subpostmasters were wrongfully prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 in what ...

08 Jul 2025 at 08:15

Dozens thought about suicide due to Post Office Horizon scandal, report finds

Dozens of people contemplated suicide because of their experiences of the Post Office Horizon scandal, an official report has found. Bankruptcy, divorce and vitriolic abuse from the public were among the other ...

08 Jul 2025 at 13:42

Post Office bosses ‘maintained fiction’ Horizon was accurate, inquiry concludes

Post Office bosses should have known Horizon was faulty but “maintained the fiction that its data was always accurate” when prosecuting subpostmasters, the first tranche of a public inquiry’s final report has ...

08 Jul 2025 at 15:27

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