The Post Office is embroiled in the Horizon IT scandal involving the wrongful interrogation and prosecution of hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters, attributed to issues with the Horizon IT system. Revelations have emerged that Post Office management was aware of Fujitsu's remote access capabilities as early as 2004, a fact contradicted by their later actions in court, as highlighted in Mr Read’s letter to the Commons. In response, the Post Office has appointed a team of ex-police officers to investigate the conduct of its internal investigators, known as the 'Untouchables,' who played a significant role in the prosecutions. This move has been met with approval from victims and observers, who have long criticized the Post Office's handling of the affair. Documents related to the scandal, including a letter from the current CEO Nick Read acknowledging the early knowledge of remote access, have been published, highlighting the depth of the issue. The scandal has prompted calls for compensation for the affected sub-postmasters, with a law aimed at their exoneration expected to be introduced by Post Office minister @kevinhollinrake soon. Meanwhile, Post Office executives, including Nick Read and former chair Henry Staunton, are set to face questioning from MPs over the delays in compensating victims, amidst allegations of a 'toxic culture' within the organization. UKGI, holding the single share in the Post Office for @biztradegovuk, is also implicated in the governance issues.
Post Office boss Nick Read, and former Post Office chair Henry Staunton will face questions from MPs over compensation delays to victims of the Post Office scandal. Ahead of the hearing, the chair of the committee has published new documents which he says show a ''toxic culture… https://t.co/J57O9gWkiz
A law aimed at exonerating subpostmasters caught up in the Horizon scandal is expected to be brought forward “as soon as possible next month”, Post Office minister @kevinhollinrake has said https://t.co/bt0tBqp1Ro
‘Toxic culture of disbelief’ persists at top of Post Office, MPs told https://t.co/YDjlve73WD
#PostOfficeScandal Finally here are the documents relating to the draft report of the role of UKGI in @PostOffice governance. UKGI hold the single share in the Post Office for @biztradegovuk The entire document is available to read here :- 👉 https://t.co/EJ5DKloBM5… https://t.co/I8CMth8PSg
We've published documents we requested from Post Office and their former Chair Henry Staunton ahead of our session on compensation for Horizon scandal victims tomorrow. Read here: https://t.co/D1FrQ0SnNP How does this 👇 environment help sub-postmasters obtain compensation? https://t.co/ETWQ63Du2Q
A dump of docs related to tomorrow's Business Committee hearing of Post Office witnesses has just gone online. If you see something important do drop me a DM - I won't get into them until later on. 👇 https://t.co/hJ9hZcd5PP
The youngest victim of the Horizon IT scandal has welcomed an investigation into the “terrifying” Post Office investigators who helped interrogate and prosecute him @connie_dimsdale reports https://t.co/GZK9UDdkh6
Now under-fire Post Office hires ex-detectives to probe 'Untouchables' fraud squad who quizzed and prosecuted hundreds of innocent postmasters during the Horizon scandal https://t.co/rzShU19gH8 https://t.co/hwl8wQE4Zd
Post Office hires ex-police to check its investigators in Horizon scandal https://t.co/1RlZctojDg
#PostOfficeScandal In a letter sent to @CommonsBTC chair @liambyrnemp by current @PostOffice CEO Nick Read & covered in @MailOnline this morning it reveals that Post Office management KNEW of remote access as early as 2004!! Yet 14 years later they originally entered the High… https://t.co/bhVHilxLcJ
Scoop from my Sunday Times colleagues: The Post Office has hired a squad of former police officers to look into its “untouchable” investigators who helped interrogate and prosecute hundreds of sub-postmasters during the Horizon scandal. https://t.co/ZMHSYuyJkv
#PostOfficeScandal 😲 #PostOffice that staff knew about #Fujitsu remote access as early as 2004! Good to see @MailOnline pick up revelations in Mr Read’s letter to @CommonsBTC this week 📝 Full letter here: https://t.co/GFqnDDxzrg ⬇️ Here’s the key paragraph https://t.co/zwcqDPgAWN
Many sub-postmasters are stuck in a bureaucratic nightmare without legal aid, confronted with reams of paperwork to prove their lives were ruined by the Horizon scandal https://t.co/jYCTwjziAE