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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

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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

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Evening Standard

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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.

International Business Times

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

Post Office chairman steps down amid 'tensions with government' in wake of Horizon IT scandal

Insiders reportedly said Henry Staunton's departure is not directly linked to the scandal

Evening Standard

Post Office chair dismissed as business reels from Horizon IT scandal

Business secretary Kemi Badenoch tells Henry Staunton he is to be replaced, feeling ‘a need for new leadership’

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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

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

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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

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".

The Guardian - UK

Post Office set targets for recovering cash from operators accused in Horizon scandal

Inquiry hears that investigators were set rising targets linked to their bonuses for clawing back supposed losses

The Guardian - UK

Horizon scandal: concern over complex route to justice for Scottish victims

As inquiry hears evidence on Scottish case, worries raised about obstacles in road to justice for victims prosecuted by state prosecutor

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The Guardian - UK

Grenfell survivors to confront executives of firms blamed for disaster

Survivors say in wake of Post Office scandal: ‘Those in power have lost their moral compass’

The Guardian - UK

If the Horizon Post Office story is treated as a scandal, nothing will change

Fujitsu, the IT giant behind the flawed Horizon software, remains one of the UK government’s key suppliers, and only a national crisis will shake things up

The Guardian - UK

If a firm’s mission mantra includes words like ‘trust’, be alarmed: just look at Fujitsu’s

Horizon developer and the Post Office are latest in a long line of corporate behemoths whose snappy slogans have fallen short

The Guardian - UK

Monica Dolan: ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office affected people because they saw their worst nightmare unfold’

The actor, 54, tells Hayley Myers about her scientific parents, missing Live Aid, working on accents and Velma, her Siberian husky

The Guardian - UK

Post Office: ‘appalling’ that courts not told of bugs, Fujitsu boss admits

Europe chief of tech firm embroiled in Horizon IT scandal tells inquiry that bugs were identified as early at 1999

The Guardian - UK

Fujitsu will never be held accountable for the Post Office scandal. It is too important to this government

This isn’t its first failure, yet the tech giant is so embedded in the public sector that it seems invincible, says Sam Fowles, a barrister, author and broadcaster

The Guardian - UK

Grenfell families say fight for justice has parallels with Post Office IT scandal

Bereaved accuse ministers of ‘whitewashing’ the disaster but tell of hope for a similar acceleration of justice

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