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At the current rate of progress, subpostmasters who took the Post Office to court and exposed the scandal won’t receive financial redress until mid-2027. Sir Alan Bates, who along with others formed the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance (JFSA) in 2009, updated members in his latest circular. The JFSA, which was set up following Computer Weekly’s…

In the final day of the committee stage of progressing the Data Bill through the House of Lords before the Christmas break, we attempted to persuade the government of the urgent need to consider how computer evidence is treated in legal proceedings. Currently, UK law contains a presumption that computers are working correctly when they…

The Post Office has created a new role to bolster its tech leadership team amid an ongoing project to replace the Horizon system supplied by Fujitsu. This comes at a time when the organisation faces tough decisions over the move away from the controversial IT system used in all Post Office branches. Subpostmasters were blamed…

Current and former Post Office staff, lawyers and civil servants could all be questioned as part of the Metropolitan Police’s national investigation into crimes related to the Post Office Horizon scandal. In an update of its Operation Olympos, Met Police commander Stephen Clayman, who is leading the investigation, said police will “go where the evidence…

Fujitsu’s UK public sector business has lost over £50m in sales this year as a result of the Horizon supplier’s involvement in the Post Office scandal. Speaking during a company conference call, Dave Riley, head of public sector at the Japanese-owned IT giant, told staff that media coverage of the scandal has cost Fujitsu’s UK…

Embattled Post Office chief executive Nick Read is leaving the troubled organisation in March 2025. He will be replaced on an interim basis by chief operating officer Neil Brocklehurst. Victims of the Post Office scandal have consistently called for Read’s departure following years of delays in paying compensation and revelations this year that he threatened…

A new redress scheme for victims of the Post Office scandal that was launched by the Labour government in July has completed its first £600,000 payment to a former subpostmaster – just over one month after her application was submitted. The payment is significant because the new plan, the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme, is run…