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BBC News

he says he felt "something was up" when he was invited to film a 2015 bbc interview and feared the programme would feature postmasters�* complaints. between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted because of incorrect data from the horizon it system. here he is giving evidence. i haven't yet looked at the detail of the e—mail but see that the bbc want to film. there is a lot happening next week, next. and then not really a legal issue but given the bbc�*s approach to date, the close engagement it has with thejf essay and the timing of the piece, i smell a rat. what was the rat that you smell?— you smell? the timing seemed... smellin: you smell? the timing seemed... smelling a _ you smell? the timing seemed... smelling a rat _ you smell? the timing seemed...

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Newsnight

i'm behind _ we need a big change right now and i'm behind the— we need a big change right now and i'm behind the front _ we'll hear from a republican strategist and a spokesman for the trump campaign. also tonight — failed by both police and the council. girls groomd and raped by gangs of pakistani and afghan heritage men in rochdale were so badly let down by the authorities that 96 people are still deemed a potential risk to children in the town. how is it possible that not one senior police officer or council official has ever been held acountable? we'll speak to one of the whistle—blowers and a solicitor representing three of those who were abused as young teenagers. plus, fujitsu are due to give evidence at the post office public inquiry tomorrow. hundreds of ex—subpostmasters were wrongly convicted after the firm asserted their horizon it system was working properly. newsnight�*s seen a document sent to the government four years ago, urging ministers to look again at the presumption in courts that computers can't get things wrong. the full story in 20 minutes.

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Newsnight

constable held accountable and the cbs held _ constable held accountable and the cbs held accountable for the failures _ cbs held accountable for the failures and neglect of their duty. we will— failures and neglect of their duty. we will come back to that, don't worry. thank you. one of the top directors of fujitsu and the current boss of the post office are due to be grilled by mps tomorrow, while people who currently work and used to work at the tech company are giving evidence to the post office public inquiry. presumably, one of them will be asked how much they'll be contributing to the £1 billion of compensation expected to go to to former sub—postmasters. tonight on newsnight, we're looking at how courts in england and wales handle evidence obtained from computers. we know hundreds were wrongly convicted after it was assumed that the horizon it system was working properly. the courts accepted evidence from fujitsu staff saying as much. we can reveal we've seen a document that was sent to the government four years ago from several experts urging ministers to look again at the presumption in courts that computers can't get things wrong. sima kotecha has the story.

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Newsnight

in 2019, a civil case against the post office took place. the high court ruled that the horizon it system was faulty. thejudgment said... mr bates, that has been put to you... lawyers say the implication from the judge was that the approach to disclosure, the legal process of making documentary evidence and records from computers available to defendants in legal proceedings, was unsatisfactory. the post office withheld from disclosure to those it prosecuted that there had been problems with bugs, errors and defects in the horizon system. this meant subpostmasters were unable to use that information to challenge that horizon was working properly, as the post office alleged, and that horizon itself

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BBC News

responsible for the post office says he wants people to be jailed over the it scandal which saw hundreds of workers falsely accused of stealing money. kevin hollinrake said anyone found responsible must be held to account after an official inquiry reaches a verdict. hundreds of sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted after the faulty horizon it system made it look like money had gone missing. meanwhile, experts say the post office may have underpaid more than £100 million in tax. the state—owned company deducted payments to victims of the scandal from its profits, reducing the amount of money it was taxed on. experts believe that could be a breach of tax law. the post office says its financial information was appropriate and accurate. it's election day in taiwan, and voters there have a few more hours before the polls close to choose a new president and parliament.

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Breakfast

secretary alex chalk has been given this a look at in the round. there are other organisations that could bring about private prosecutions. i think that will take some time. the enui think that will take some time. the enquiry carries on, we know that, a lengthy process. the whole principle is to learn lessons, isn't it, that's the ultimate objective, now we have the tuc asking questions about whether enough has been learned, as we speak now, in terms of the daily operations. yes. learned, as we speak now, in terms of the daily operations.— of the daily operations. yes, what the tuc is — of the daily operations. yes, what the tuc is talking _ of the daily operations. yes, what the tuc is talking about _ of the daily operations. yes, what the tuc is talking about is - of the daily operations. yes, what the tuc is talking about is the - the tuc is talking about is the process of awarding public contracts to private companies. of course, in this instance it was fujitsu who provided the horizon it system for the post office and a piece of legislation passed last year, the procurement act, the government is saying this is all about improving accountability of private companies to get contracts, the tuc�* big gaps in them what they were calling for, for example, was the idea that journalists, individuals, could put

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BBC News

in the post office used whatsapp to discuss issues of substance relating to the horizon system. that is our understanding, but we are keeping it under test. the post office says getting hold of all the documents is a huge exercise as there are 70 million of them. next week the inquiry will hear from fujitsu, the company which runs the horizon it system. they're likely to be asked why they continue to deny there were problems with the software. even as evidence mounted that there were bugs and faults with the horizon system. zoe conway, bbc news. there are plenty of lines on this story coming in all the time. another one now. the post office may have underpaid more than £100 million in tax while overpaying its senior executives. that's according to experts — the tax policy associates — who say the post office paid less tax by deducting payments to victims of the horizon it scandalfrom its profits. they say this could be

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BBC News

is a huge exercise as there are 70 million of them. next week the inquiry will hear from fujitsu, the company which runs the horizon it system. they're likely to be asked why they continue to deny there were problems with the software. even as evidence mounted that there were bugs and faults with the horizon system. zoe conway, bbc news. with more on this let's speak to our political correspondent peter saull. peter, whats the state of play today? you can see behind me an article on the bbc website which you can read elsewhere but there is a potential that the post office is liable for a bill for £100 million, according to a tax expert, because what they have been doing is deducting the

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BBC News

a public inquiry into the scandal at the post office, which led to hundreds of workers being wrongly convicted of fraud and false accounting, will resume later. the inquiry into the post office horizon it system is entering its third year, and returns after a christmas break, aiming to get to the bottom of what caused the faulty software to make it look as if money had gone missing. the uk government has announced a plan to overturn hundreds of convictions, with some sub—postmasters, who were genuinely guilty, also likely to be liable for compensation. the scandal is back in the spotlight after a tv drama aired over christmas. ben boulos has the latest. i haven't got that money. and i don't know where it's gone. joe hamilton, the don�*t know where it's gone. joe hamilton, the sub— don't know where it's gone. joe hamilton, the sub— postmistress provided in the recent itb drama has played a key drama in the fight forjustice. drama has played a key drama in the fight for justice. she told bbc breakfast her story back in march 2020. collect 14 times i had to plead guilty. you just wanted to scream. had been

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World Business Report

company and the lucrative government contracts it has been given over the years. there is a private company at the very centre of the scandal, it is fujitsu, a £20 billion japanese firm, whose uk arm won way back in 1996 simeon contract to computerise nearly 20,000 post offices. the horizon it system rolls out three years later along its timeline but within weeks some sub both dominic sub—postmaster�*s report problem. the post office at this point deny systemic issues. over the next decade and beyond, hundreds of branch managers are prosecuted, dozens convicted with many sent to prison, declaring bankruptcy, losing their homes and in some cases taking their own campaigners in 2009 began their official fight campaigners in 2009 began their officialfight back, getting official fight back, getting support officialfight back, getting support from some mps. pressure grows on an independent firm is appointed and paid for by the post office to review the software. it finds defects but insist the system is largely robust. —— robust the post

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