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Post Office minister: people responsible for the Horizon scandal ‘should go to jail’ – as it happened

Kevin Hollinrake has said in his view ‘people should be prosecuted’

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail proposes cut to second class post in order to save first class deliveries

The cost cutting plans would save up to £300million a year

Evening Standard

Ministers face Tory revolt over plans to criminalise rough sleeping

Police in England and Wales to be given powers to fine homeless people deemed to be causing a ‘nuisance’

The Guardian - UK

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Ministers introduce bill to quash convictions of Horizon scandal victims

Unprecedented bill aimed to be passed in summer will exonerate hundreds of post office operators in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Sunak faces growing calls to return £10m donated to Tories by Frank Hester

West Midlands mayor says he would return money, after No 10 says Hester’s comments about Diane Abbott were racist

The Guardian - UK

Abbott criticises speaker over PMQs and asks Starmer to restore the whip – as it happened

Hackney MP was not given chance to ask a question despite comments about her from Tory donor

The Guardian - UK

Former Post Office chair claims he is victim of ‘smear campaign’ led by Kemi Badenoch

Henry Staunton stands by his allegations against the government and turns on Post Office CEO in dramatic day of evidence to MPs

The Guardian - UK

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‘Toxic culture of disbelief’ persists at top of Post Office, MPs told

Committee releases minutes of board meeting before appearance by former Post Office chair Henry Staunton

The Guardian - UK

Post Office said last month it stands by most Horizon convictions

Letter shows Post Office told ministers it would oppose attempts to overturn 369 prosecutions

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to press ahead with legislation to exonerate Post Office Horizon victims

Plan comes despite judiciary’s alternative proposal amid concerns about parliament overturning court decisions

The Guardian - UK

Post Office victims wronged in Horizon scandal to have names cleared under new law

Subpostmasters will have wrongful convictions quashed under ‘clear and objective criteria’, the Government says

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch failed to raise Horizon scandal when she met Fujitsu at Davos

Exclusive: FoI request shows minister was warned by civil servants of ‘risk’ but focused instead on tech firm’s investment in UK

The Guardian - UK

Ministers discuss alternative plan to exonerate Post Office Horizon victims

Exclusive: Meetings held about proposal by judiciary for courts to overturn convictions despite plan for bill to clear victims

The Guardian - UK

‘Constructive’ talks held over transfer of Post Office ownership to operators

Minister met union officials and representatives from co-operative movement to discuss mutualisation

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Simon Clarke advised to lie down by Tory MP after calling for Sunak to quit

Senior Conservatives dismiss former cabinet minister’s intervention as ‘isolated’ and ‘dangerous, reckless, selfish’

The Guardian - UK

Fujitsu should be on the hook for hundreds of millions of pounds in redress

Yes, the Post Office pursued the prosecutions but Fujitsu provided the star witnesses and the dodgy software

The Independent UK

Post Office hero Alan Bates hails new law to quash postmaster convictions

Government this week announced new legislation to swiftly exonerate 700 postmasters

The Independent UK

Fujitsu should repay ‘fortune’ spent on Post Office scandal if guilty, says government

‘I would want to secure proper recompense on behalf of the taxpayer’, says justice secretary

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The Independent UK

A British postal scandal ruined hundreds of lives. The government plans to try to right those wrongs

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will introduce measures to reverse the convictions of more than 900 Post Office branch managers wrongly accused of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer denies he knew CPS was prosecuting post office operators

Labour leader was director of public prosecutions when three cases brought by CPS resulted in convictions

The Guardian - UK

No precedent: why Commons approach to Post Office scandal has lawyers nervous

Legislation exonerating victims may be only way to achieve justice but it breaches fundamental principle

The Guardian - UK

MPs finally recognise the real heroes of the Post Office scandal: MPs

PMQs told the country that campaigners such as Alan Bates had nothing on Priti Patel, Lee Anderson and Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Post Office scandal: How will the new law to exonerate victims of Horizon work?

Rishi Sunak has announced plans to overturn the wrongful conviction of over 700 postmasters since 2003

International Business Times

UK To Exonerate And Compensate Wrongly Convicted Post Office Staff

The UK government announced Wednesday it will unilaterally quash the wrongful theft convictions of hundreds of self-employed Post Office branch managers targeted due to faulty software, and offer them immediate compensation.

The Independent UK

Watch: Sunak faces Starmer at PMQs amid plan to quash Post Office convictions

Watch as Rishi Sunak faces Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday 10 January.

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