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Unearthed report reveals source of Post Office’s tenuous Capture sales pitch

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An internal Post Office report has been unearthed that reveals the organisation was targeting sales of its flawed Capture system to thousands of branches with misleading claims on error reduction. The 13-page report from July 1993, which has been disclosed to Computer Weekly by a source, was titled: Capture: An investigation into changes in cash…

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AWS emerges as ‘sole bidder’ for HMRC’s £500m datacentre migration project as rivals exit

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the last supplier standing in the controversial £500m race to become the hyperscaler responsible for overseeing a 10-year datacentre exit project for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), Computer Weekly has learned. As previously reported by Computer Weekly, the government tax collection agency needs a hyperscale provider to manage the migration…

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Peer angry as sales figures suggest Fujitsu has weathered Post Office scandal storm

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Fujitsu grew its UK public sector business over the last 12 months despite widespread criticism for its role in the Post Office scandal.The sales increase for the year to April 2025 is in contrast to a sharp decline in the previous year, which included the immediate backlash after ITV’s dramatisation of the scandal widened understanding…

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Shameless Fujitsu boss confident firm will be back in ‘good books’ in 18 months

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A member of Fujitsu’s top team of executives told staff he expects the firm to experience about 12 to 18 months of “flux” in the UK before getting back into “everybody’s good books”. He said this will come after Fujitsu headquarters pays its contribution to the costs of the Post Office scandal. The comment came…

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Why Keir Starmer’s mandatory national digital ID system may be neither mandatory nor national

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With nearly three million people – so far – signing an online petition against the introduction of “digital ID cards”, the government is already fighting to reclaim the initiative after prime minister Keir Starmer’s botched announcement of plans for a mandatory national digital identity scheme. Civil service officials last week attempted to quell the second…

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Fujitsu’s role in the Post Office scandal: Everything you need to know

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The Post Office scandal began in the late 1990s, when the organisation rolled out Fujitsu’s Horizon computer system across its branch network. What unfolded over the next half-century is at the centre of public debate today, but this was not always the case. For years, Horizon issues and the plight of subpostmasters were investigated and…

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Post Office Horizon accounts are still a mess and replacement system is years away

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Fujitsu’s Horizon system continues to produce erratic figures in branch accounts, which the Post Office can’t explain, with millions of pounds being written off. As the publication of an independent report into the system at the centre of the Post Office scandal approaches, Computer Weekly reveals there is chaos in the system. According to a…

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Do Fujitsu contracts cross the line?

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Thank you for joining! Access your Pro+ Content below. 2 September 2025 Do Fujitsu contracts cross the line? Share this item with your network: In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we examine the conflict of interest concerns that are growing around the police investigation into Fujitsu’s role in the Post Office scandal, given the…

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Fujitsu’s roots in government go too deep

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More pressure has been heaped on the government to reconsider its work with Fujitsu, but despite the supplier’s involvement in the Post Office scandal, its deep roots mean it maintains its grip on the UK public sector. Recent Computer Weekly investigations have revealed conflict-of-interest risks associated with the government’s heavy reliance on Fujitsu in sensitive…

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Depression, anxiety, PTSD and suicidal thoughts: Post Office victims speak out

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Over three-quarters of former subpostmasters caught up in the Post Office Horizon scandal experienced significant health problems as a result. In its latest publication, the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry’s listening project, In Your Own Words, revealed that scandal victims suffered from depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicidal thoughts. “They described these issues…

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