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Post Office chief was paid a lot while not doing a good job, says ex-minister

Kevin Hollinrake tells Horizon IT scandal inquiry that Nick Read was unable to properly lead organisation

The Guardian - UK

Ex-postal affairs minister apologises for government being ‘armed with lawyers’

Kevin Hollinrake said it was one of the mistakes he made while in post.

Evening Standard

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

Campaigner told MPs deadlines must be set, and he had been waiting a month for reply from Starmer

The Guardian - UK

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Post Office campaigner Alan Bates says he’s been waiting a month for reply from PM about compensation delays – as it happened

Former post office operator tells Commons committee that Keir Starmer has not responded to requests for help with settling claims for Horizon scandal

The Guardian - UK

UK politics live: Badenoch’s shadow cabinet shows Tories ‘learned nothing’ from Truss chaos, says Labour

Top roles for Priti Patel, Mel Stride, Chris Philp and Robert Jenrick as new shadow cabinet revealed

The Independent UK

Yorkshire cricket racism whistleblower Azeem Rafiq leads calls to force firms to investigate concerns

Exclusive: Group of high-profile whistleblowers cite Grenfell and Post Office scandals as they demand Labour government makes companies act

The Independent UK

Post Office expects to have paid more than £650m in Horizon claims by March

Inquiry hears claims jumped after TV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office and that £1.4bn is likely to be paid out overall

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US dollar weakens as election polls shift away from Donald Trump – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as investors reassess bets after some polls suggest Kamala Harris has gained momentum

The Guardian - UK

More than £13bn set aside for infected blood and Horizon scandal victims

Some £11.8 billion will be set aside for infected blood victims, and £1.8 billion to compensate those caught up in the Post Office Horizon scandal.

Evening Standard

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

Software maker now requires answer on whether use of audit records is related to action against post office workers

The Guardian - UK

Ministers explore plan to hand Post Office to subpostmasters

Campaigner Alan Bates says mutualisation won’t work as organisation will continue to need government subsidies

The Guardian - UK

Post Office legal chief denies saying branch operators ‘guilty until proven innocent’

Ben Foat tells inquiry into Horizon IT scandal that issue was ‘whipped up’ by former chair Henry Staunton

The Guardian - UK

Post Office continued to use racist term for black workers until 2016, inquiry told

Terms used to categorise branch operators in Horizon IT scandal by race said to be common in 1980s public sector

The Guardian - UK

Post Office chiefs changed Horizon data in branches last year without telling operators, inquiry hears

Executive Tracy Marshall tells inquiry such practice has since stopped saying it ‘absolutely shouldn’t have happened’

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Former Post Office IT chief claims Horizon system has no fundamental flaw

Mike Young said he saw nothing ‘fundamentally wrong’ and defended ability to remotely access branch accounts

The Guardian - UK

Post Office picked comments backing Horizon IT system from damning judgment, emails show

Company tried to convince police to take action against a post office operator this year, it has emerged

The Guardian - UK

Post Office explores taking branch owner-operators to court again

State-owned body writing off losses of £12m a year after stopping practice, inquiry told

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Post Office boss admits attempts to double his pay look ‘very poor’

Nick Read tells Horizon IT inquiry he did not threaten to resign over remuneration

The Independent UK

Former Post Office bosses ‘not held to account’ over Horizon IT scandal, CEO suggests

CEO Nick Read said he was ‘surprised’ to find that there were 33 police investigations involving Post Offices in June this year

The Independent UK

Post Office Inquiry - live: CEO Nick Read hints many feel former leader Paula Vennells not held to account

The Post Office Horizon IT scandal led to hundreds of postmasters being wrongly prosecuted for theft and false accounting

The Independent UK

Post Office boss told ‘not to dig into the past’ by top lawyer, Horizon IT inquiry hears

Three individuals are currently under investigation by the Post Office and outside agencies over conduct in Horizon IT scandal, CEO Nick Read said

The Guardian - UK

Post Office boss Nick Read tells inquiry no employee is above the law

CEO denies any ‘untouchables’ exist in company who would escape disciplinary action following Horizon scandal

The Independent UK

Post Office Inquiry - live: Three people under investigation over Horizon IT scandal, says CEO Nick Read

The Post Office Horizon IT scandal led to hundreds of postmasters being wrongly prosecuted for theft and false accounting

The Guardian - UK

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

Outgoing boss faces three days of testimony from Wednesday into Horizon IT scandal and culture of Post Office

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