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The lead campaigner told MPs he wrote to Sir Keir Starmer around a month ago, and again more recently.

Stuart monarchs were repeatedly challenged by dangerous threats – a gunpowder plot, a civil war and political revolution. As a result, by the restoration of Charles II in 1660, the English government had come to rely on a shadowy trade of secrets for gathering domestic and international intelligence.

Option among those explored, as state-owned body looks to recover £12m a year written off over Horizon scandal

Campaigner Alan Bates says mutualisation won’t work as organisation will continue to need government subsidies

Ben Foat tells inquiry into Horizon IT scandal that issue was ‘whipped up’ by former chair Henry Staunton

Terms used to categorise branch operators in Horizon IT scandal by race said to be common in 1980s public sector

Executive Tracy Marshall tells inquiry such practice has since stopped saying it ‘absolutely shouldn’t have happened’

Mike Young said he saw nothing ‘fundamentally wrong’ and defended ability to remotely access branch accounts

Company tried to convince police to take action against a post office operator this year, it has emerged