The Latest Breaking News from the Post Office

There are few more telling testimonies to the power of a good drama than the extraordinary effect of ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office which has galvanised securing justice for the 700-odd sub-postmasters who were wrongly accused of fraud and dishonesty as a result of the flaws in the…

Sir Ed Davey was postal affairs minister from 2010 to 2012 and has been accused of having ’fobbed off’ victims

Calls to remove honour of Paula Vennells who oversaw organisation as it denied problems with Horizon IT system

As petition calling for her to be stripped of her gong passes 1.1 million

Exclusive: software believed to have resulted in prosecutions even before full system rollout in 1999

All you need to know about one of the most widespread miscarriages of justice in UK history

Operators wrongly convicted of theft and fraud because of defective accounting system suffered humiliation, bankruptcy and ill health

Prime minister reveals government could also strip Post Office of its powers to prosecute

In private hands, the postal service has become a graveyard of management ambitions, beset by discontent and decline. Can yet another new boss save it?

Hundreds of post office operators must be cleared and compensated, while those responsible for their wrongful persecution should face the courts

THE Post Office scandal is “not done yet” as key figures have yet to appear in front of the ongoing public inquiry, an SNP MP has said.