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    The Post Office scandal: Key questions around plan to quash convictions

    by David Hughes Jan 10, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA Wire

    Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans for new legislation to clear the names of subpostmasters wrongfully convicted because of faulty accounting software.

    Mr Sunak said the Horizon scandal was “one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation’s history”.

    – What is Horizon?

    The Horizon IT system, developed by company Fujitsu and rolled out from 1999, automated accounts after subpostmasters entered

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