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

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

The Guardian - UK

MP criticises ‘fatal flaw’ in government’s oversight of Post Office IT scandal

Ministers should have acted through representative on company’s board, inquiry hears

The Guardian - UK

Post Office Horizon scandal not the fault of judges, Lady Chief Justice insists

Lady Carr hailed the "heroic" work of one High Court judge who laid the path for wrongful Post Office convictions to be overturned

Evening Standard

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Don’t wait for Post Office-style scandal before regulating AI, ministers told

Government to say binding measures for overseeing artificial intelligence are needed, but not immediately

The Guardian - UK

‘Turned our lives upside down’: the day the Post Office investigators came

Teju Adedayo says she was pressured into confessing to Horizon IT errors, and she has lived under the shadow of it ever since

The Guardian - UK

Government to discuss handing ownership of Post Office to its operators

Post office operators’ union calls meeting after miscarriage of justice that saw more than 700 branch managers prosecuted

The Guardian - UK

Ofsted inspectors ‘make up evidence’ about a school’s performance when IT fails

Inspector tells Observer investigation that top officials are aware that computer system crashes can wipe out data

The Guardian - UK

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Post Office inquiry has heard ‘chorus of cowards’, lawyers say

Victims’ lawyers call for witness statements heard at inquiry to be start of a ‘rigorous criminal investigation’

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal: key points from the latest court hearings

What we learned from the inquiry into the prosecutions of post office operators because of a faulty accounting system

The Guardian - UK

Sir Ed Davey says sorry to Horizon victims for 'not seeing through Post Office lies'

Davey has been repeatedly targeted by Tory MPs since the Post Office scandal returned to the headlines

Evening Standard

Horizon scandal: Ed Davey sorry he ‘did not see through Post Office lies’

Lib Dem leader, who was business minister from 2010 to 2012, apologises for first time over his role in scandal

The Guardian - UK

I fell for Post Office lies – and I’m sorry. But I won’t be silent as Tories prey on victims’ trauma

We need justice for the subpostmasters and action to stop similar outrages. What we don’t need is rightwing opportunism, says Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey

The Guardian - UK

Post Office Horizon scandal: Alan Bates rejects ‘cruel’ compensation offer

Former post office operator who inspired Mr Bates vs the Post Office says figure is about a sixth of what he requested

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal: prosecutor was ‘never told of Horizon IT problems’

Northern Ireland lawyer Kevin Shiels said material not shown was ‘very relevant’ to decision to prosecute

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‘Difficulties’ in Post Office governance led me to sack chairman, says Badenoch

The Business Secretary would not be drawn on whether there will be other departures from the board of directors

International Business Times

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.

The Guardian - UK

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

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

International Business Times 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".

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