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"now give back your millions" is the headline in the daily mail. the paper says campaigners have described former head of the post office paula vennells' decision to return her cbe as a "token gesture" and want her to pay back some of her bonuses. we will talk about that issue with some of the former supposed masters who will be sitting on the sofa with us, nine of them, at 8am. —— pro forma postmasters. the i reports that tech—firm fujitsu won £700 million worth of government contracts via a priority lane system, despite concerns over its faulty horizon software. another pressing issue...

Overturned and claim compensation, mr sunak also said that 555 former postmasters who brought a group lawsuit will be offered an upfront payment of £75,000. more than 700 branch managers were given criminal convictions — only 93 of these convictions have been overturned. the government has previously said it will pursue the it firm fujitsu — which designed the horizon software — for compensation, if it is found to be at fault. let's hear now from some of the sub—postmasters whose lives were ruined by this scandal. bbc breakfast spoke to a group of them this morning — here's a little...

The firm behind the Horizon software is facing growing calls over its role in the Post Office scandal.

Today, it was all very different for paula vennells as she caved to mounting public pressure to hand back the honour. she had been chief executive of the post office from 2012—2019, a period when serious issues emerged about the horizon software. in her statement today, she said... it must be a bug. it must be...it must be a computer bug... lee castleton's story was one of those featured in the drama series. he went bankrupt after being falsely accused of stealing £25,000. so what does he make of paula vennells' decision? it kind of was a kick in the teeth back then. now it's full circle, i...

They should get as much back possible, and not always money. it doesn't heal wounds what they've gone through. it's shocking, you know, to be made to feel like that, made to feel like they've done something wrong and they'd stolen the money and whatever, i think it's terrible how they've been treated. as chief executive of the post office from 2012 to 2019, paula vennells earned more than £4 million during a period and serious issues emerged about the horizon software. mps quizzed her about it in 2015. we are a business that does genuinely care we are a business that does genuinely care about...