Badenoch seeks urgent Fujitsu talks over Post Office compensation
Wednesday, 17 January 2024 Kemi 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.
Chancellor Jeremy Huny says it "appears there's an enormous cover-up" as the official inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal continues, adding he will go after "as much money as [he] can" from tech giant Fujitsu. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow...
MPs including shadow environment secretary Victoria Atkins, shadow foreign secretary Priti Patel and Tory party leader Kemi Badenoch have turned out in Westminster to offer their support to the farmers protest. Thousands of farmers arrived at the event in a convoy of tractors before joining a huge rally attended by celebrities including Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Jeremy Clarkson. The plans introduced by Labour in last month's Budget to impose inheritance tax on farms worth more than £1 million have sparked fury among rural communities. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch was joined by shadow secretary for environment, food and rural affairs, Victoria Atkins as she visited J H and Son farm near Long Crendon on Thursday. The opposition leader headed to Buckinghamshire to speak to farmers about their concerns over the latest budget.
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Conservative leader and former business secretary Kemi Badenoch arrives to give evidence at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry in central London. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Kemi Badenoch has urged Labour to apologise for past "derogatory" comments about Donald Trump made by foreign secretary David Lammy.
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch thanks Sir Keir Starmer for his “almost” warm welcome as she gives an address at PMQs for the first time since becoming Tory leader. She says, "it is an immense privilege and the honour of my life to lead the Conservative party."
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At least eight convictions predating the Horizon Post Office scandal are being looked at by the body investigating potential miscarriages of justice, Sky News.. Sky News
The Post Office has announced that 115 larger crown branches - those owned by the company directly - could close with the possible loss of hundreds of jobs. Sky News
Alan Bates says he wrote to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer twice last month to set a deadline for compensation for the victims of the Horizon IT scandal. But the former subpostmaster says he has "never received a response". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting has called for quick compensation and exoneration for victims of the Post Office scandal and has questioned how the scandal escaped ministerial notice.
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Public and political calls for redress for the victims of the Post Office scandal continue to grow as MPs return from their Christmas recess. The prime minister and the Labour leader have joined calls..
UK police have opened a fraud investigation into the British Post Office over a miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of postmasters wrongfully accused of... IndiaTimes
PM Rishi Sunak has promised that Post Office convictions would be quashed by Parliament within weeks, and said the government aims to complete compensation... IndiaTimes
This is the first in a three-part series examining how the law allowed the Post office scandal to happen and the role now being played by the law... Mondaq Also reported by •IndiaTimes
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
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