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British Post Office scandal

The British Post Office scandal, also called the Horizon IT scandal, involved the Post Office's pursuit of thousands of innocent subpostmasters for apparent financial shortfalls caused by faults in Horizon, an accounting software system developed by Fujitsu. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were wrongfully convicted of theft, fraud and…

Post Office management structure, Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry & Media

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Citation
2024 c. 1
Commencement
25 January 2024[c]
Introduced by
Kevin Hollinrake, Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business, 19 December 2023
Long title
An Act to provide for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under, or in connection with, schemes or other arrangemen…
Relates to
Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024 · Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Act 2024
Royal assent
25 January 2024

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Prosecutions

Post Office civil cases against subpostmasters

Post Office management structure

Post Office IT systems

Investigating Post Office IT problems

Exposing the IT problems

Bates & Others v Post Office Ltd

Appeals against convictions

Redress and compensation

Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

Data leak

Criminal investigation

Regulatory action

Reactions to the scandal

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British Post Office scandal

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British Post Office scandal

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Relates to · 2
British Post Office scandal → Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Act 2024, Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 2024
Citation · 1
British Post Office scandal → 2024 c. 1
Commencement · 1
British Post Office scandal → 25 January 2024[c]
Introduced by · 1
British Post Office scandal → Kevin Hollinrake, Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business, 19 December 2023
Long title · 1
British Post Office scandal → An Act to provide for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under, or in connection with, schemes or other arrangemen…
Royal assent · 1
British Post Office scandal → 25 January 2024
Territorial extent · 1
British Post Office scandal → United Kingdom

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British Post Office scandalCitation2024 c. 11.00infobox
British Post Office scandalCommencement25 January 2024[c]1.00infobox
British Post Office scandalIntroduced byKevin Hollinrake, Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business, 19 December 20231.00infobox
British Post Office scandalLong titleAn Act to provide for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State under, or in connection with, schemes or other arrangemen…1.00infobox
British Post Office scandalRelates toPost Office (Horizon System) Offences Act 20241.00infobox
British Post Office scandalRelates toPost Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Act 20241.00infobox
British Post Office scandalRoyal assent25 January 20241.00infobox
British Post Office scandalTerritorial extentUnited Kingdom1.00infobox

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