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Fujitsu has been awarded work totalling £4.9billion since a December 2019 Court of Appeal ruling that its Horizon software had bugs, errors and defects.

Mr Bates vs The Post Office actor Toby Jones, 57, was spotted out running errands in Stockwell, London, on Wednesday, as the series became the most watched of the year.

The story of the miscarriage of justice committed against innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses has left the nation glued to its television screens and reignited intense debate surrounding the Post Office scandal.

Post Office ministers don’t get any better. After Sir Ed Davey refused to meet with aggrieved sub-postmasters and Jo Swinson tried to downplay the findings of a forensic accountant’s report into the Horizon computer system, telling the Commons “it is important we do not talk the Post Office down”, it is the turn of the current incumbent, Kevin Hollinrake, to say something stupid.

Hundreds of victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have waited almost 25 years to receive compensation and have their convictions quashed - and now the PM has promised justice

The Government has vowed to clear the names of hundreds of sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted of stealing money from the Post Office, but for many, the news is tragically too late

No10 confirmed today that it will not act against IT giant Fujitsu until the completion of a public inquiry into the Horizon debacle that saw hundreds of sub-postmasters unjustly convicted of theft.

Mr Castleton was pursued and bankrupted by the Post Office who took him to court over £25,500 he didnt steal, after a fault with the Horizon software made it appear as though money was missing.

Janine Powell, now 52, served five months in prison after she was accused of stealing the money from her branch in Tiverton, Devon.

The government has chosen to introduce legislation to enable it to exonerate hundreds of subpostmasters as a group.