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Post Office 'attempted to pervert the course of justice', lawyer alleges in new submission to inquiryPost Office Limited (POL) "intended to pervert the course of justice" by relying on knowingly flawed cash accounts, an inquiry submission filed today alleged.Sky News - Published | |
Sunak declines to back under fire Post Office boss ReadRishi Sunak has declined to say whether he has confidence in the chief executive of the crisis-hit Post Office, Nick Read, following confirmation of an investigation into his conduct.Sky News - Published | |
Post Office chief executive subject of 80-page HR investigation, former chairman claimsThe ousted Post Office chairman has insisted it was the company's chief executive who was the subject of an internal investigation, not him.Sky News - Published | |
'Dead duck' Post Office should be sold to Amazon for £1, says campaigner Alan BatesPost Office victims champion Alan Bates has called for the Post Office to be sold to the likes of Amazon for a pound as he described it as "a dead duck".Sky News - Published | |
Bill to compensate Post Office victims will be more than £1bnMore than £1bn will be spent on compensating victims of the Post Office's faulty Horizon IT software, according to a senior civil servant.Sky News - Published | |
Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells stripped of CBEPaula Vennells, the former chief executive of the Post Office, has had her CBE stripped from her by the King for "bringing the honours system into disrepute".Sky News - Published | |
Exonerating guilty people 'price worth paying' to resolve Post Office scandal, government saysSubpostmasters wrongly convicted in the Post Office scandal are set to have their names cleared under new plans.Sky News - Published | |
Ousted Post Office boss says he was told to 'hobble' into election and not to 'rip off band-aid' on financesThe former boss of the Post Office was told by a senior civil servant to "hobble into the election" and not to "rip the band-aid off" in terms of finances, according to an unearthed memo.Sky News - Published | |
Labour demands Cabinet Office investigation into claims made by former Post Office chair Henry StauntonLabour has demanded a Cabinet Office investigation into allegations made by former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton, including that he was told to delay payouts to sub-postmasters ahead of the next..Sky News - Published | |
Former Post Office chairman 'investigated over bullying claims before dismissal'Kemi Badenoch has said former Post Office chair Henry Staunton was being investigated over bullying allegations before his dismissal - as she accused him of seeking "revenge" against the government.Sky News - Published | |
Former Post Office chairman stands by compensation claimsFormer Post Office chairman Henry Staunton said it is "pretty clear what was really going on" after the government refuted his claims that he was told to stall compensation payouts to Horizon scandal..Sky News - Published | |
Badenoch hits back at former Post Office boss in Horizon compensation rowBusiness Secretary Kemi Badenoch has hit out at the former Post Office chairman after he alleged he was told to "stall" spending on compensation for Horizon scandal victims ahead of the next general..Sky News - Published | |
Post Office scandal: Alan Bates to refuse 'offensive' compensation offerAlan Bates, who led the campaign for justice in the Post Office Horizon scandal, says he will reject the compensation he has been offered by the government.Sky News - Published | Post Office chairman to leave amid row with governmentThe chairman of the Post Office is on the verge of being forced out of the role amid frustration in Whitehall over the state-owned company's governance as it reels from the Horizon IT scandal.Sky News - Published |
Post Office's Horizon compensation chief to step down from boardThe Post Office board member responsible for overseeing the delivery of a controversial compensation scheme for sub-postmasters is to step down from its board.Sky News - Published | Horizon developer Fujitsu says it will compensate victims of Post Office scandalJapanese technology firm Fujitsu has said it plans to compensate sub-postmasters wronged in the Horizon scandal.Sky News - Published |
Badenoch seeks urgent Fujitsu talks over Post Office compensationKemi Badenoch, the business secretary, is seeking urgent talks with Fujitsu to thrash out a compensation package for sub-postmasters affected by the Post Office Horizon scandal.Sky News - Published | Crown Office in Scotland 'repeatedly misled' by Post Office over prosecutionsScotland's top law officer has claimed the Crown Office was "repeatedly misled" by the Post Office over prosecutions linked to the Horizon system.Sky News - Published |
Post Office scandal back in spotlight as MPs grill Fujitsu bosses and wronged sub-postmastersThe Post Office scandal will be back in the spotlight today, when MPs hear evidence from a number of witnesses including campaigner and wronged sub-postmaster Alan Bates.Sky News - Published | Tony Blair was warned Horizon system could be 'flawed' when he was prime ministerSir Tony Blair was warned the Horizon IT system could be flawed before it was rolled out across the Post Office, a document shows.Sky News - Published |
Post Office scandal victims 'shouldn't have to wait a moment longer' for justice - YousafHumza Yousaf has said it "should not have taken a TV drama" for action to have been taken over the Post Office Horizon scandal.Sky News - Published | Questions remain after Post Office scandal - but PM has taken himself out of firing line | Beth RigbyWhen nine million people watch a TV drama that then provokes a national outpouring of anger over the postmasters' fight for justice, a prime minister would do well to acknowledge the public mood and..Sky News - Published |
New law to be introduced to exonerate wrongly convicted Post Office scandal victimsThe prime minister has said a new law will be introduced so people wrongly convicted in the Horizon scandal are "swiftly exonerated and compensated".Sky News - Published | Justice secretary in talks with judges to pardon all victims of Post Office scandalThe justice secretary is meeting with senior judges today to discuss a mass pardon for those convicted in the Horizon scandal, with cabinet minister Mel Stride confirming an announcement is expected..Sky News - Published |
Who is Paula Vennells – the former Post Office boss one million people want stripped of her CBE?More than a million people are calling for the former head of the Post Office to be stripped of her CBE over the Horizon IT scandal.Sky News - Published | Ministers meeting to discuss Post Office scandal as one million sign petition to remove ex-boss's CBEMinisters are meeting today to discuss the Horizon scandal, as the petition to remove the CBE from ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells reached one million signatures.Sky News - Published |
Petition to strip ex-Post Office boss of CBE signed by 1 million peopleA petition calling for former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to lose her CBE over the Horizon scandal has attracted more than one million signatures.Sky News - Published | Post Office Horizon victims offered £600,000 of compensationThe government has announced a new fixed sum payment for victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal in an effort to provide quicker compensation.Sky News - Published |
Post Office scandal inquiry urges government to take action and change lawAn inquiry into payments for Post Office workers affected by the Horizon IT scandal is urging the government to take action and change the law because "full and fair" compensation is being blocked.Sky News - Published | |
