Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Post Office

Full list of all the Post Office branches set to be offloaded – including in Scotland

The Post Office is offloading 108 crown branches, which are currently directly owned and run by the company. Here is the full list of sites affected.

The National (Scotland)

Post Office shake-up: Full list of London branches being offloaded

Some branches could be taken over by other businesses, while others could face closure as franchises are moved to different premises

Evening Standard

About 1,000 workers at risk as Post Office plans to offload 108 branches

The Post Office has said it plans to hand its 108 remaining crown branches to franchisees by the autumn.

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Mapped: The hundreds of Post Offices at risk as sites to be taken over

The Post Office has said it plans to hand its 108 remaining crown branches to franchisees by the autumn.

The Independent UK

Post Office scandal victim says life 'ruined' as he starts Scottish support group

A former sub-postmaster who was wrongly convicted under the Horizon scandal has said the injustice left his life “ruined” as he launched a new…

The National (Scotland)

Post Office scandal victim sets up Scottish support group

A former sub-postmaster and victim of the Horizon scandal has set up a new support group for Scottish postmasters ...

The National (Scotland)

‘Sad’ justice not yet delivered, says journalist who exposed Post Office scandal

Rebecca Thomson, who led the original investigation into the faulty IT system while working for Computer Weekly, has been made an OBE.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

High profile inquiries ‘show bodies must act on early warning signs’ – watchdog

Inquiries such as those into Grenfell and the Post Office IT scandal highlighted the need to act more quickly, a committee has found.

Evening Standard

Former subpostmaster ‘needs vindication’ as he takes legal action

Lee Castleton is suing the Post Office and Fujitsu.

Evening Standard

Ex-post office operator is first Horizon IT victim to launch legal action against Post Office and Fujitsu

Lee Castleton was left bankrupt, and his story featured in ITV drama about scandal

The Guardian - UK

Former subpostmaster launches legal action against Post Office and Fujitsu

Lee Castleton is the first individual to sue the two organisations in the wake of the Horizon IT scandal.

Evening Standard

Cheap meals mean the Algarve offers best value for UK holidaymakers – report

Post Office Travel Money found prices for eight items typically purchased by tourists are cheaper in the Algarve than in 46 other destinations.

Evening Standard

OPINION - How society's most vulnerable are still under threat as the Single Justice Procedure scandal rolls on

In the wreckage that is the criminal justice system, any signs of improvement have to be grasped hard and cherished.

Evening Standard

Private prosecution shake-up announced by ministers after Post Office and 'fast-track justice' scandals

A two-month consultation will look at a shopping list of proposals aimed at restoring public faith in criminal justice

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Fujitsu told to pay up by Post Office campaigners over ‘ghastly fraud’

The company has already acknowledged it has a ‘moral obligation’ to contribute to compensation.

Evening Standard

£1.8 million in redress payments secured for NI Post Office IT scandal victims

Hundreds of former sub-postmasters across the UK were wrongly convicted of a crime because of the Horizon IT system used by the Post Office.

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Coming Out; The Great Post Office Trial; The Teen Commandments – review

A Lithuanian gay romance that will move you to tears; Nick Wallis continues his dogged coverage of the Post Office inquiry; and it’s early days for Sara Cox and Clare Hamilton’s new parenting podcast

The Independent UK

Britain hands £67m Brexit contract to firm at centre of Post Office IT scandal

Exclusive: Lord Arbuthnot, who campaigned for wrongly convicted subpostmasters, said it sent the message the country ‘doesn’t care about the unethical behaviour shown by Fujitsu’

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

MPs call for banking hubs to sell stamps to counter Post Office closures

Hubs set up to compensate for the loss of high street banks should also offer postal services to help stem the tide of Post Office closures, MPs said.

Evening Standard

Post Office cuts 100 jobs to fund subpostmaster pay after Horizon scandal

Acting chief executive Neil Brocklehurst said the move was ‘resetting’ the Post Office in a note to staff on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

WH Smith: Why now is an ‘odd time’ to sell and what the future holds for its high street stores

The high street store may disappear but the brand itself will still be firmly on display - in airports, train stations and more

The Guardian - UK

WH Smith sale plan could turn some areas into ‘postal deserts’, says union

Retailer operates 200 post offices and potential closures called ‘devastating, but sadly all too predictable’

Evening Standard

Post Office sees record of more than £1bn in cash withdrawals in December

On Christmas Day itself, more than £3.7 million in cash was withdrawn or deposited over the counter at 1,300 Post Office branches that were open.

The Independent UK

Post Office sees record £1bn in cash withdrawn in a single month for first time ever

On Christmas Day more than £3.7m in cash was withdrawn or deposited over the counter

Evening Standard

OPINION - I'm a court reporter who sat through horrific grooming gang trials – this is why I'm against a new inquiry

Public inquiries make for great spectacles these days – televised grillings of politicians, officials and experts being called to account for the sins of the past. The modern day equivalent of the stocks.

1 … 5 6 7 8

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Scottish Government

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.