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Post Office blamed 'temptation' of 'cash lying around' rather than accept IT faults, ex-MP tells inquiry

Sky News Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Senior executives at the Post Office suggested that "lots and lots of cash lying around in unexpected places" might have meant sub-postmasters were led "into temptation", rather than accept IT failings, an official inquiry has heard.
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The Post Office's former managing director arrives to give evidence at the Post Office inquiry in central London. In his evidence, Alan Cook tells the inquiry he did not realise the Post Office brought its own prosecutions and says he "assumed" the police and Director of Public Prosecutions were...

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