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UK Post Office Chief Sacked As Firm Reels From IT Scandal

UK Business Minister Kemi Badenoch on Sunday said she had sacked the chairman of the Post Office amid tensions over the scandal of hundreds of subpostmasters wrongly convicted of theft due to faulty accounting software.

International Business Times

Minister hints at wider shake-up of Post Office after departure of chair

Kemi Badenoch says issues at Post Office go beyond Horizon scandal, after Harry Staunton removed

The Guardian - UK

No 10 ‘taking seriously’ reports that Horizon files show Post Office cover-up

BBC says government aware of alleged Post Office plan in 2014 to sack forensic accountants who flagged bugs in IT system

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Paula Vennells' charity work

There’s been acres of media coverage of the disgraced Paula Vennells in recent weeks – largely in relation to her activity on the board of the Post Office.

Evening Standard

Horizon scandal: wrongly convicted post office operator died from fall

Lynette Hutchings fell at home and died last year after brain cancer diagnosis, inquest hears

The Guardian - UK

Horizon scandal: post office operator cleared after years of suffering in silence

Court quashes Kathleen Crane’s conviction, adding that she was ‘kept in ignorance’ of IT system’s defects

The Guardian - UK

Ex-post office operator claims she was told British Asians were often pushed into theft

Exclusive: Kuldeep Kaur Atwal says auditors urged her to admit to stealing £30,000 – a charge of which she was later cleared

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The Guardian view on Royal Mail: when letters arrive is a social, not market, decision

Editorial: Privatisation has not seen consumer and staff interests properly protected. It is time to consider a different approach

The Guardian - UK

Former Post Office investigator insists cleared Horizon IT victim was guilty

Raymond Grant says his ‘time was limited’ after being forced to appear at inquiry over minimum witness statement

The Guardian - UK

Post Office Scandal: Investigator Admits 'We Should Have Not Been Doing Any Investigations'

The investigator, who was partly responsible for the conviction of Peter Holmes and Willian Quarm, tells lawyers that he was "just doing my job".

International Business Times UK

Post Office set targets for recovering cash from operators accused in Horizon scandal

Inquiry hears that investigators were set rising targets linked to their bonuses for clawing back supposed losses

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell survivors to confront executives of firms blamed for disaster

Survivors say in wake of Post Office scandal: ‘Those in power have lost their moral compass’

The Guardian - UK

Deaths unexplained, lives devastated: here’s another national tragedy hidden in plain sight

Watching the Post Office victims are families who need answers from their mental health trust. Pity those battling bureaucracies, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Guardian - UK

Post Office regulators failed the subpostmasters in the Horizon scandal

The government seems to have an aversion to watchdogs that are effective

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If a firm’s mission mantra includes words like ‘trust’, be alarmed: just look at Fujitsu’s

Horizon developer and the Post Office are latest in a long line of corporate behemoths whose snappy slogans have fallen short

The Guardian - UK

Fujitsu government contracts under scrutiny in light of Horizon scandal

Treasury committee writes to 21 bodies including Bank of England and HMRC to demand details of post-2019 deals

The Guardian - UK

Post Office: ‘appalling’ that courts not told of bugs, Fujitsu boss admits

Europe chief of tech firm embroiled in Horizon IT scandal tells inquiry that bugs were identified as early at 1999

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Fujitsu will never be held accountable for the Post Office scandal. It is too important to this government

This isn’t its first failure, yet the tech giant is so embedded in the public sector that it seems invincible, says Sam Fowles, a barrister, author and broadcaster

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The Guardian - UK

Grenfell families say fight for justice has parallels with Post Office IT scandal

Bereaved accuse ministers of ‘whitewashing’ the disaster but tell of hope for a similar acceleration of justice

The Guardian - UK

Fujitsu manager described post office operator as ‘nasty chap’, inquiry hears

Peter Sewell apologises for language in email during Horizon-related prosecution that left Lee Castleton bankrupt

The Guardian - UK

We’ve all felt like ‘skint little people’ against the system – that’s why the Post Office drama broke our hearts

Faceless computers have replaced vengeful gods, But the rules of Greek tragedy still apply: the powerful can wreak havoc on human lives, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak challenges House of Lords to accept ‘the will of the people’ and pass Rwanda bill – as it happened

Prime minister says he wants first flight to leave ‘as soon as practicably possible’ but will not give date

The Guardian - UK

Fixing Horizon bugs would have been too costly, Post Office inquiry told

Asked about ‘missed opportunity’ to address problem, Fujitsu developer says focus was on replacing Horizon

The Guardian - UK

Post Office IT scandal: minister asks Fujitsu for talks on payouts for victims

Kemi Badenoch’s letter on share of compensation comes after $1bn wiped off Fujitsu’s value

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: The days that could decide how Rishi Sunak is remembered

In today’s newsletter: The controversial Rwanda bill is back in the Commons – what happens next could shape the party’s future

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