1 hour ago Postmasters who signed gagging orders in Post Office scandal urged to come forward

Officers also hint that top executives at Post Office and Fujitsu may face investigation

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3 h. ago Post Office Horizon scandal twist as more suspects to be quizzed in coming months

Police are probing 53 'persons of interest' in relation to one of the biggest miscarriages of justice cases in British legal history but the huge probe could be delayed if it does not get funding

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27 h. ago Police consider corporate manslaughter charges in Post Office scandal

A process of providing case file material to the Crown Prosecution Service is ongoing

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31 h. ago Police consider corporate manslaughter charges in Post Office scandal probe

Police are considering corporate manslaughter charges as part of their probe into the Post Office Horizon scandal, which is believed to have led to 13 people taking their own lives

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7 d. ago DWP to reassess hundreds of thousands of cases in carer’s allowance scandal

Damning official review finds many unpaid carers left with huge debt because of government failure‘It’s like the Post Office scandal’: victims of carer’s allowance crisis speak outThe carer’s allowance scandal – a timelineHundreds of thousands of vulnerable unpaid carers will have their cases reassessed after a damning official review concluded they had been left with huge debts because of government failure and maladministration.The review, due to be published on Tuesday, was triggered after a year-long Guardian investigation revealed how carers had been hit with draconian penalties of as much as £20,000 relating to carer’s allowance. Some were plunged into hardship, others were jailed. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sir Alan Bates says ‘baddies seem to be hiding’ in Post Office Horizon scandal

On the prospect of criminal convictions, Sir Alan says: ‘I don’t think we’ll get that (justice) for a long time yet. All the baddies seem to be hiding’

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3 w. ago Oldest surviving victim of Post Office scandal, 92, FINALLY gets her payout

Betty Brown, 92, had proudly run the Annfield Plain Post Office in County Durham in the 1990s and early 2000s with her husband Oswall.

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3 w. ago Post Office scandal victim shares emotional update after 'heartbreak'

The oldest victim of the scandal appeared on the latest instalment of BBC Breakfast

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast guest, 92, shares emotional update after 'heartbreak'

The Post office scandal's oldest victim appeared on BBC Breakfast

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4 w. ago Post Office hero Sir Alan Bates finally settles compensation claim over Horizon scandal as he's handed seven

More than 900 sub-postmasters were prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 after faulty accounting software made it look as though money was missing.

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