Mail chaos expected as thousands of Post Office workers agree to full-day strike over pay April 20, 2022 Thousands of Post Office staff across the UK are to stage a one-day strike in a dispute over pay. Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) will walk out on May 3 after voting overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action. The union said the strike is over a pay freeze for 2021 and the offer [...]
Workers to stage walkouts over ‘dismal’ pay offers April 8, 2022 Thousands of UK workers are set to stage walkouts over the next few days over below-inflation pay offers. The Communication Workers Union (CWU) yesterday rejected BT’s 5 per cent pay rise – the highest in more than 20 years – calling it a “nothing short of an insult,” the Times first reported. “We have no [...]
All eyes on Fujitsu as Post Office Horizon scandal leaves taxpayer with hefty compensation bill March 27, 2022 Pressure continues to mount on the Japanese IT giant Fujitsu to pay its share of compensation amid the ongoing Post Office public inquiry.
Post office workers who exposed Horizon scandal finally get their payout March 22, 2022 The government have said that the post office workers who won a landmark civil case following the Horizon computer scandal will be compensated for the miscarriage of justice.
Post Office victims see hopes raised by inquiry’s line of questioning February 23, 2022 Sub-postmasters who were victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have seen their hopes raised by the line of questioning adopted by the public inquiry’s chairman. Former judge Wyn Williams has confirmed the victims’ compensation agreements would be revisited, after the inquiry’s terms of reference didn’t mention a specific financial redress for the sub-postmasters, reported [...]
Horizon scandal: MPs back sub-postmasters to get ‘full, fair and final compensation’ February 17, 2022 MPs have come out in support of the victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal, calling for full compensation for the sub-postmasters affected.
Former Post Office call for former chiefs to face prison time following Horizon scandal February 15, 2022 Former Post Office sub-postmasters and mistresses have called for former bosses to face prison time as they continue to provide evidence for the public inquiry on the Horizon scandal, which started this week. More than 700 branch managers were given criminal convictions between 2000 and 2014 when faulty accounting software called Horizon made it look [...]
Public inquiry begins into Post Office scandal that saw 700 managers face criminal convictions February 14, 2022 Former Post Office sub-postmasters and mistresses started giving evidence as part of a public inquiry on the Horizon scandal today. It comes after more than 700 branch managers were given criminal convictions between 2000 and 2014 when faulty accounting software called Horizon made it look as if money was missing. The system, developed by the [...]
200 Post Offices vanished within last wo years as two branches close for good every week January 28, 2022 New research shared with City A.M. this morning shows that more than 200 Post Offices have closed in the last two years, the equivalent of two a week. The study also found that 1,291 Post Offices are currently deemed “temporarily closed”, but more than half of these have been shut for more than two years, [...]
‘Imminent financial ruin’ looms for hundreds of subpostmasters after false accusations November 8, 2021 Hundreds of subpostmasters that were falsely accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to flaws within the Horizon accounting system face “imminent financial ruin”, as the Post Office and Government are urged to compensate affected workers. Between 2000 and 2014, 736 subpostmasters and subpostmistresses were prosecuted based on information from the Horizon system, installed [...]