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Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith resign over Rwanda bill – as it happened

Jane Stevenson joins Conservative party’s deputy chairs in resigning on a bruising night for Rishi Sunak

The Guardian - UK

Fujitsu has ‘moral obligation’ to contribute to Post Office compensation, Europe boss says, as Alan Bates warns ‘people are dying waiting’ – as it happened

Post Office CEO Nick Read and Fujitsu Europe boss Paul Patterson give evidence to business committee about Horizon IT scandal

The Guardian - UK

Do you really think ministers will get justice for Post Office victims? Ask the Windrush families and think again

Lives destroyed, injustices ignored: parallels between the two scandals are stark, says the Guardian reporter Amelia Gentleman

The Guardian - UK

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‘How much is Fujitsu going to pay?’ Questions for Post Office IT firm as it faces MPs

Company that built ill-fated system also comes under separate scrutiny from judge-led inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Post Office Horizon scandal: four reasons why the government's model for outsourcing is broken

For over a decade, the Post Office and its supplier, Fujitsu, insisted that the Horizon system used in its branches was completely “robust”. When discrepancies appeared in hundreds of branch accounts across the country, the Post Office refused to believe the system was at fault and didn’t challenge the information…

The Conversation

OPINION - The Standard View: Sir Ed Davey should quit over the Post Office scandal

That it took an ITV television drama to force the political establishment to turn its attention to the egregious nature of the Post Office scandal is perhaps for another day. Now is the time for heads to roll.

Evening Standard

Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey facing fresh calls to quit over Post Office scandal

Sir Ed's failed first test of leadership, say critics as he faces challenge from ex-postmistress

Evening Standard

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The Post Office scandal is a rare moment of catharsis. Now, we must channel that rage

The story has united a nation. Such consensus is rare, and we should refuse to pin the blame on a few bad apples, says author and philosopher Julian Baggini

The Guardian - UK

The dramas that have changed history

Letters: Following the success of Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Cynthia Ransley and Paul Clarke recall other productions that have had a powerful political impact

The Guardian - UK

What makes a very British miscarriage of justice? Contempt for the ‘little people’

Windrush, Grenfell, the Post Office – all reveal who gets listened to and who gets ignored

The Guardian - UK

Theresa May’s government ‘pushed for Paula Vennells CBE despite concerns over Post Office scandal’

The former Post Office CEO, who gave up the honour this week following public outcry over the scandal, was nominated for the prestigious award by the Department for Business

The Independent UK

‘A tragedy is not far away’: 25-year-old Post Office memo predicted scandal

A 1999 note highlighted concerns of subpostmasters about the Horizon system and heralded decades of ministerial failings

The Guardian - UK

The Post Office scandal reveals MPs’ hypocrisy

Now, our leaders laud the subpostmasters; then, they ignored them

The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey facing general election challenge from former Post Office worker

Yvonne Tracey, who spent three decades at the Post Office, says Sir Ed, who served as postal affairs minister from 2010 to 2012, can’t be allowed to stand again “unchallenged”

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The Guardian - UK

Ed Davey’s approval rating takes a big hit from the Post Office scandal

Letter shows the Lib Dem leader initially refused to meet a campaigner when he was a minister responsible for the service

The Guardian - UK

Plans to reform private prosecutions after Post Office Horizon scandal

Improved oversight and a law to strip organisations of their power to take people to court are among measures gaining cross-party support

Evening Standard

Supporters of postmaster jailed for murder want a retrial after Horizon scandal

The postmaster's appeal for a retrial has previously been refused

International Business Times

UK Post Office Scandal Left Me On Brink Of Suicide: Victim

Wrongly convicted due to bugs in the UK Post Office's computer system, Seema Misra was sent to prison while two months pregnant.

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The Guardian - UK

Horrified by Horizon? Then get ready to be totally appalled by AI

As the Post Office debacle has amply demonstrated, putting blind faith into a new form of technology can be perilous

The Guardian - UK

The abuse of unaccountable power is at the wicked heart of the Post Office scandal

Politicians, civil servants and the judicial system were complicit in their disdain of those fighting to clear their names

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak must now compensate infected blood scandal victims, politicians demand

After the prime minister acted to help hundreds of postmasters wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office, he has been told to roll out compensation to victims of the infected blood scandal

The Guardian - UK

‘The timing was impeccable’: why it took a TV series to bring the Post Office scandal to light

Despite a two-year inquiry and years of campaigning, it was the four-hour drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office that enabled the British public to pay proper attention to the unbelievable horrors of this story

The Independent UK

Post office owner says Horizon IT system used to frame him for wife’s murder

Mother of murdered wife says killer using Horizon scandal to ‘gain publicity’

Evening Standard

Post Office ‘could face £100m bill and insolvency’ following Horizon scandal

Dan Neidle, tax lawyer, posted on X saying the Post Office claimed £934m tax relief for its compensation payments, and called it ‘unlawful’.

The Guardian - UK

Post office owner says Horizon system was used to frame him for wife’s murder

Robin Garbutt hopes for fresh appeal against conviction that came after jury heard evidence using data from discredited IT system

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