The Horizon scandal, involving the Post Office's IT system, continues to impact sub-postmasters, with new developments highlighting ongoing financial and legal challenges, as well as questionable actions by Post Office executives. Labour's Pat McFadden expressed regret for not investigating the scandal more thoroughly during his tenure as Post Office minister, amid assurances of the system's robustness. The scandal has led to sub-postmasters being pursued for thousands of pounds and struggling with the system's glitches. Five sub-postmasters, including one from Gillingham, are set to receive full compensation for being short-changed due to the scandal. Additionally, revelations about the Post Office executives receiving bonuses, allegedly for their cooperation with the public inquiry into the scandal, have sparked outrage. These bonuses, signed off by then Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and BEIS, criticized for being inappropriate under the 'Transformation Incentive Scheme', are now expected to be repaid. The scandal has prompted calls for fresh hearings and continues to be a subject of intense scrutiny, with concerns raised about the Horizon system and its predecessor ‘Capture’, potentially affecting 1,000 SPMR’s.
#PostOfficeScandal #PosrOfficeInquiry #MrBatesVsThePostOffice Two years of shocking revelations at the Post Office scandal inquiry https://t.co/hu4QwqnZ9X
Sub-postmasters say they are victims of a second scandal https://t.co/0NlkoJt6FL
Extraordinary revelation from @Channel4News. Ministers signed off #PostOfficeScandal bonuses ~ which should never have been offered and should never have been paid. One more reason why @commonsbtc will be holding fresh hearings on the scandal on 28/ Feb My interview tonight https://t.co/U3E03LN5OY
#PostOffice Government signed off on Post Office executives bonuses https://t.co/bNYWzkHE64 via @alextomo
Government signed off on Post Office executives bonuses https://t.co/SK3bOlOd5T via @alextomo
Post Office bosses were paid bonuses - sorry, Transformation Incentive Scheme - just to attend the public inquiry. For a tragedy in which they were complicit! This abomination was signed off by the Treasury and Dept of Business. The ********* should have been dragged there…
Channel 4’s @alextomo ‘s jaw dropping report shows that Post Office Execs were paid tens of thousands in bonuses to co-operate with the Public Inquiry. Then Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng signed off on the scheme along with BEIS Post Office says the money will now be paid back
The UK government signed off on Post Office executives bonuses. @alextomo and @NanettevdLaan have this special report. https://t.co/jFwArNjOm4
📬 Sub-postmasters shortchanged over Horizon scandal to get full compensation https://t.co/Og2QsKGHLb
#PostOfficeScandal BREAKING 🔥Amazing journalist @Karlfl from @ComputerWeekly shows that there could be 1,000 SPMR’s who used Horizon predecessor ‘Capture’ 👇https://t.co/iuT8708Jvl The internal documents that show it was flawed & how @PostOffice said Postmasters should balance… https://t.co/HHx0xDMdQZ
I'm STILL having trouble with the Post Office Horizon IT system: Postmaster reveals how computer software which sparked widest miscarriage of justice in British history still has glitches https://t.co/vfh4WBGXRF https://t.co/Lf79AAMuCe
Five short-changed postmasters, including one from Gillingham, are to receive full Horizon scandal compensation. Tap below to read more: https://t.co/vd7bhEAqLl
🔴 Horizon scandal ‘ongoing’ as sub-postmasters pursued for thousands of pounds https://t.co/Wl4tMhyTm5
"Each time an MP raised a question about [Horizon software] the reply would come back from the Post Office that the system was robust" Labour's Pat McFadden says he should have made more enquiries into the scandal while Post Office minister #BBCLauraK https://t.co/jeHgbRQpp1 https://t.co/mNHME8dCRc