All news on the topic: Horizon

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Post Office pays £250 million to law firms over Horizon IT scandal
Amount paid to 15 firms and two barristers chambers since 2014 is almost equal to payouts for victims
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Post Office apologizes following sub-postmaster data leak
The Post Office has apologised after it published the names and addresses of 555 postmasters prosecuted during the Horizon scandal.
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Lawyer representing the Post Office accused of telling a ’major falsehood’
Former senior Post Office lawyer Jarnail Singh has denied that he knew about bugs in the Horizon system while sub-postmaster prosecutions continued for three years.
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A former Post Office investigator stands by the investigation of a pregnant subpostmaster who was wrongfully convicted, defending the actions taken
Ex-subpostmistress Seema Misra, who was wrongly convicted while pregnant, said she was ’angry’ listening to ex-Post Office investigator Jon Longman’s evidence to the Horizon IT Inquiry
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Post Office boss Nick Read cleared of misconduct allegations
Existence of whistleblower allegations added to scandal over Horizon computer system
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Ex-Post Office boss blamed ’subbies with hand in till’ for Horizon shortfalls in 2009 email
Ex-Post Office boss Alan Cook said his ’instincts’ told him cash-strapped subpostmasters were stealing from tills as they were struggling due to the recession in an email in 2009
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Post Office hero tells Government to pay compensation to sub-postmasters
Campaigner Alan Bates has demanded the Government changes its priority to pay victims of the Post Office scandal compensation as they have been "waiting years"
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Landmark laws to finally clear postmasters' names after years of Tory dithering
New legislation to finally clear the names of hundreds of wrongly-convicted postmasters will at last be introduced today after they had their lives ruined by the Horizon scandal
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Horizon scandal - Mr Bates brands Post Office 'dead duck' that should be sold
Former sub-postmaster Alan Bates told MPs that the Post Office will be a 'money pit' for years to come and called for it to be sold following the Horizon scandal
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Post Office Horizon enforcer refuses to apologise to victims for 'ruining lives'
Robert Daily worked as chief investigator in Scotland and was responsible for the probes into 100 sub postmasters who were later prosecuted - but still refuses to apologise for his role
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Paula Vennells formally stripped of CBE by King Charles over Post Office scandal
Ex-Post Office chief Paula Vennells has been stripped of her CBE following an outcry about the Horizon IT scandal which saw hundreds of postmasters wrongly convicted
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No10 hits back at Post Office after it said it stands by over 300 Horizon cases
Downing Street said the Government is "undeterred" from finally getting compensation to postmasters, despite Post Office boss Nick Read saying he'd oppose hundreds of appeals
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Post Office Horizon scandal victims to finally have names cleared under new law
Kevin Hollinrake, who is responsible for postal affairs, said an inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal has identified prosecutors whose behaviour was 'egregious'
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Unearthed memo shows Post Office boss was told don't 'rip off the band aid'
Ex-Post Office chairman Henry Staunton is locked in a row with Kemi Badenoch over claims he’d been told to stall on compensation for postmasters such as Alan Bates
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Kemi Badenoch accused of 'astonishing' claims as Post Office row escalates
The Business Secretary has accused Henry Staunton of spreading 'falsehoods' about the Horizon scandal, but he has hit back at her claims
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'Post Office scandal victims betrayed too often - voters will not forget'
First, the sub postmasters’ legitimate complaints about the faulty IT system were ignored, and now they have been let down by a government which has failed to honour its commitment to deliver “full and fair” compensation
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Will Mellor was hours away from quitting acting before landing Mr Bates role
Will Mellor won huge praise for his performance in Mr Bates Vs The Post Office earlier this year, but the former Coronation Street star was very close to quitting acting before landing the ITV role
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Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s open world is freeing, intimidating and gorgeous
The second part of Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7 Remake saga confidently steps out of Midgar’s shadow to present a gorgeous open world
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Fujitsu to wait for Horizon Inquiry to conclude before deciding on compensation
The company told MPs earlier this month it will contribute towards compensation payments
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Post Office investigator feared challenging Horizon experts wouldn't 'go well'
Suzanne Winter told the Post Office Inquiry that investigators were ranked one to five on their ability to recover cash from postmasters accused of false accounting and theft
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Royal Mail's privatisation 'a national disaster' as shareholders make £2billion
A number of fat cat bosses have netted £12million between them since the controversial 2013 sell-off, during which the postal giant’s workforce has plunged by 30,000
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Government warned of 'second scandal' involving Post Office
The Government has been warned of a potential "second scandal" involving the Post Office after concerns were raised that subpostmasters were convicted over losses involving another IT system
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Post Office scandal victim ordered to repay £18,000 weeps as she's cleared
Former Post Office worker Kathleen Crane, 68, wept in court as a wrongful conviction which saw her forced to pay back £18,000 under the Horizon IT scandal was finally quashed
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Paula Vennells danced away while sub-postmasters campaigned to clear names
Paula Vennells joined fellow bosses at a staff knees up in 2017, while victims of the Horizon scandal desperately tried to clear their names
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Fujitsu should set up fund to compensate Horizon families says senior Labour MP
A 2021 inquiry heard the children of wrongly convicted subpostmasters were “bullied” and “spat at” in the wake of the scandal. Now Ian Lavery says Fujitsu bosses should set up a 'substantial trust fund' to compensate families of the victims