Post Office Horizon scandal

Families of post office operators may be able claim Horizon compensation, says minister

The postal minister has said that family members and employees of post office branch owners who have not been eligible to make claims over the Horizon IT scandal may...

Post office operators may sue over compensation delay, Alan Bates says

Alan Bates has suggested post office operators could take fresh legal action if the government fails to set...

Fujitsu and Post Office clash over new rules on Horizon data requests

Fujitsu has begun forcing the Post Office to disclose whether Horizon data requests will be used to investigate...

Post Office considering making branch operators fund ‘losses pool’, inquiry told

The Post Office is looking into the possibility of creating a “losses pool”, funded by branch owner-operators, as...

Ministers explore plan to hand Post Office to subpostmasters

Ministers want to turn the Post Office into a co-operative and have asked business experts to investigate ways...

CEO says Post Office should be stripped of responsibility for compensation

The chief executive of the Post Office has said that the state-owned body should be stripped of any responsibility to handle financial redress for...

Post Office Horizon IT inquiry: the issues that CEO Nick Read needs to explain

This week is set to be the most keenly watched of the final phase of the long-running public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal...

Post Office CEO Nick Read prefers teams of ‘younger, deferential males’, inquiry told

A former Post Office finance chief has said the company’s chief executive, Nick Read, prefers to work with teams of “younger, deferential males”, with...

Post office operators will not all get payouts by March deadline, says minister

Post office operators affected by the Horizon IT scandal will not all receive payouts by the March 2025 deadline called for by the campaigner...

Former Post Office chair warns of fresh Horizon-style scandal in the making

The former chair of the Post Office has warned of another Horizon-style scandal if so-called “untouchable” investigators and executives involved in the prosecution of...

Post Office had ‘no interest’ in exonerating operators, says former chair

The former chair of the Post Office has told a public inquiry there was no interest at all in the exoneration of post office...