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The public outcry following the ITV Post Office drama has put pressure on the Government. However, over the last two years, an inquiry has been unfolding.

Our attention spans are now a pitiful 47 seconds. But some stories, such as the Post Office scandal, are still capable of capturing our notice—and igniting our rage

People behind characters in the ITV drama describe their efforts to highlight Horizon software injustices

Amazon Web Services’ hold on the UK public sector continues to tighten, following the revelation that on a single day in late 2023 it clinched contracts worth £894m with three central government departments.

Long running statutory public inquiry restarts with hugely increased interest following ITV’s dramatisation of the two decade long scandal

12.01.2024 - Dr Karen Nokes (UCL Faculty of Laws) explores what role lawyers have played in the scandal and to explore the subpostmasters experience of legal processes and the criminal justice system in The Conversation.

Every day the scale of the betrayal gets bigger and we see just how cruel and how calculated its been.

"it has taken an itv drama and an anonymous viewer had the same concern. well, ifjournalism has been found wanting here, and well be exploring that question in a moment, there have certainly been some honourable exceptions. the story was first broken back in 2009 by the magazine computer weekly and pursued doggedly over many years by them, by private eye, the daily mail and by the bbc, amongst others. weve come across dozens of examples similar to this, postmasters who...

The Post Office has exploited the slowness of legal and political institutions.

UK News: Hundreds of UK Post Office workers were wrongly convicted of theft due to faulty software, sparking outrage after a TV drama. The scandal, spanning 19