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Fixing Horizon bugs would have been too costly, Post Office inquiry told

Asked about ‘missed opportunity’ to address problem, Fujitsu developer says focus was on replacing Horizon

The Guardian - UK

Post Office IT scandal: minister asks Fujitsu for talks on payouts for victims

Kemi Badenoch’s letter on share of compensation comes after $1bn wiped off Fujitsu’s value

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: The days that could decide how Rishi Sunak is remembered

In today’s newsletter: The controversial Rwanda bill is back in the Commons – what happens next could shape the party’s future

The Guardian - UK

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Sue Carr hits back and tells Sunak: the judiciary won’t be cowed

England and Wales’s first lady chief justice has rattled the cages of those in government who had declared open season on judges

The Guardian - UK

Fujitsu still providing Horizon IT data for use in Post Office legal actions

Tech company knew of faults in system it used to extract data on transactions as early as 2008, inquiry hears

The Guardian - UK

Fujitsu should be on the hook for hundreds of millions of pounds in redress

Yes, the Post Office pursued the prosecutions but Fujitsu provided the star witnesses and the dodgy software

The Guardian - UK

Post Office Horizon scandal: Scotland’s top prosecutor apologises ‘profusely’ to victims

Lord advocate ‘acutely concerned’ at manner in which Post Office officials ‘repeatedly misled’ prosecutors

The Guardian - UK

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Fujitsu IT support workers who protect HMRC systems to go on strike

Industrial action over pay starting on Wednesday could affect processing of self-assessment tax returns and is unrelated to Post Office scandal

The Guardian - UK

Fujitsu Says Morally Obliged To Compensate Wronged UK Postmasters

Fujitsu has a moral obligation to help compensate UK postmasters wrongly convicted because of a bug in its accounting software, its European director said on Tuesday.

International Business Times

Fujitsu admits for first time it should help compensate Post Office victims

European boss says company has ‘moral obligation’ to contribute but exact sum will have to wait until end of inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Post Office scandal: Fujitsu boss apologies to Horizon victims as inquiry hears company 'knew of tech problem'

Internal records from the tech firm which created Horizon reveal discussions about 'duplicate transactions' within the troubled IT system

Evening Standard

I thought Mr Bates vs The Post Office might not work, says star Toby Jones

The team behind the hit ITV drama had low expectations throughout

Evening Standard

TechScape: Why big tech could learn big lessons from the Post Office Horizon scandal

In this week’s newsletter: To see where an IT flaw became a crisis, you have to look past the technology altogether. Plus, Substack’s biggest names jump ship

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

‘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 Conversation

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…

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Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent 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 Guardian - 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

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