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Former Post Office chair claimed request was made so government could ‘limp into’ the next election Ministers have denied claims by the former Post Office chair that the government wanted to stall compensation payouts to victims of the Horizon scandal …
Exclusive: Whistleblowers say Paula Vennells agreed to move archive, which risked destroying data that could clear operatorsThe former Post Office boss Paula Vennells gave Fujitsu a bonus contract in 2013 to take over an archive of branch data, despite…
Customer dissatisfaction with service thought to be reason for expanding remit to Evri and DPDRoyal Mail is to lose its 360-year-old monopoly on delivering parcels from Post Office branches, after concerns about poor quality of service persuaded the po…
Inquiry hears policies did not ensure fair trial of branch operators accused of wrongdoingThe Post Office did not provide adequate guidance and training to prosecutors who investigated branch operators accused of wrongdoing in the Horizon IT scandal, a…
Inquiry into scandal told company wanted to use Lee Castleton’s case to dissuade others from pursuing claimsThe Post Office knew a sub-postmaster would probably be bankrupted by a legal case he brought but wanted to send a warning message to others, a …
Workers whose wrongful convictions for theft and false accounting have been overturned to receive payment from governmentEvery post office operator whose wrongful conviction over the Horizon IT scandal has been overturned will receive £600,000 in comp…
Nick Read says he will return payment and apologises for ‘procedural and governance mistakes made’The chief executive of the Post Office has said he will return a bonus payment linked to the inquiry into the Horizon scandal that led to hundreds of post…
Post Office refusing to fully claw back executive bonuses linked to inquiry into Horizon IT miscarriage of justicePost Office bosses may be hauled back in front of the Commons business watchdog after refusing to fully claw back executive bonuses paymen…
Court of appeal rules scandal-hit software did not play a part in Joanne O’Donnell’s conviction for theft in 2007The widower of a Post Office worker jailed after being convicted of theft has lost a court of appeal fight as a judge ruled that the convic…
Ronan Kanda, 16, was stabbed by boy who ordered 22-in ninja sword he collected from post officeOn the day he murdered a fellow school pupil, Prabjeet Veadhesa, then 16, went to the post office to pick up a 22-in ninja blade he had ordered online using …