All news on the topic: Post Office
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Ministers explore handing Post Office to sub-postmasters
Ministers are exploring plans to hand ownership of the Post Office to thousands of sub-postmasters across the UK, sources have told the BBC.
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Post Office campaigner Alan Bates has married on Richard Branson’s private island
The billionaire Virgin tycoon also officiated the wedding and gave a speech where he touched on Sir Alan’s long campaign for justice on behalf of hundreds of subpostmasters.
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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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First King Charles bank notes enter circulation today
The bank notes will initially be released via a small number of Post Offices
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Post Office scandal: UK assembles 80-detective team for criminal investigation
Scotland Yard is set to probe whether there are any grounds to bring criminal charges for perjury and perverting the course of justice over the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of Post Office workers
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Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells breaks down during grilling at Horizon inquiry
Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells broke down at the Horizon IT inquiry as she was grilled over evidence she gave to MPs at a previous panel – and whether she misled them over the 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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Firm at centre of Post Office scandal is still being given govt deals after vowing not to take new taxpayer-funded works
Fujitsu’s UK public sector chief said the promise it made was simply an ’extra gateway check’ for the firm
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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 scandal victim jailed while pregnant rejects boss’s apology for celebrating conviction
Ex-subpostmistress Seema Misra, who was sentenced to 15 months in 2010, said she still has nightmares about her imprisonment and that she did not accept David Smith’s apology
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Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells suggested postmasters had ’temptation’ to take money from tills
Tory peer James Arbuthnot, who doggedly campaigned on the scandal, told the official inquiry that he believed the Post Office was ’stringing MPs along’ to defend the faulty Horizon IT system
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Royal Mail mystery as Brits furious after being hit with £5 fines for ’counterfeit’ stamps
If the post is deemed to have been sent with a "counterfeit" stamp, then Royal will put a yellow sticker on it, which warns the recipient they have to pay a fee of £5
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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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Post Office reveals 15% increase in customers withdrawing cash from accounts
The Post Office has partnerships with banks, building societies and credit unions, meaning that 99% of UK bank customers can access their accounts at their Post Office branch
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Gran has won lottery so many times 'she's been made to feel like a criminal'
Amelia Barnham, 69, from Hammersmith, West London, spends £60 a week on tickets and has won a total of £23,600 - but after scooping £800 on a £1 HotPicks, ticket operator Allwyn launched an investigation
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ITV's Mr Bates vs The Post Office is proving a worldwide hit with TV audiences
ITV has seen advertising revenues hit by a stalling UK economy, but programmes like Mr Bates vs The Post Office and Love Island have generated revenues after being screened in foreign countries
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ITV profits plunge by more than half as advertisers shun mainstream TV
On a positive trading note, ITV Studios performed strongly, generating record revenues thanks to popular shows like Love Island, which is now in 27 countries, and Mr Bates vs The Post Office, the biggest new drama on ITV in over a decade
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'Chaotic' Post Office must be stripped of Horizon compensation role say MPs
MPs from the cross-party Business and Trade Committee called for the Government to speed up paying compensation for victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal
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Lottery winners face huge delays for payouts due to major change
New National Lottery operator Allwyn has changed the way it pays those who win between £500 and £500,000 due to the Post Office ending its Lottery contract
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'Budget 2024: Steal from Starmer, cut common sense, and overspend on hot air'
Jeremy Hunt's Budget on Wednesday will bore the pants off you, says Fleet Street Fox. Here's what you'll miss
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Holidaymakers cash in as pound rises against 21 out of 25 foreign currencies
The value of the pound against the euro and US dollar has risen by 3.8% and 5.5% respectively
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