Post Office could close 115 branches across the UK putting hundreds of jobs at risk
The plans have been labelled ‘immoral’ and ‘tone deaf’ The Post Office has announced 115 branches are at risk of closure as part of a radical shake-up of the business. The closures would affect the Post Office’s wholly-owned branches, which employ some 1,000 workers and are loss-making. The Post Office also confirmed hundreds of jobs […]
1 year ago
Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates gets married on Richard Branson’s island
Branson officiated the ceremony and gave a speech Alan Bates, the campaigner who highlighted the Post Office scandal, has got married on Richard Branson’s private Caribbean island. The 70-year-old and his partner of 34 years Suzanne Sercombe got married on Necker Island in the British Virgin Islands. The wedding was officiated by Branson, who reportedly […]
1 year ago
Paula Vennells breaks down in tears as she’s questioned about Horizon Post Office scandal
Vennells admitted she had misled MPs during her time as Post Office CEO Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells broke down in tears in front of MPs as she was questioned about the Horizon scandal. Vennells was giving evidence on Wednesday at the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal, in which hundreds of sub-postmasters […]
1 year ago
Victims of Post Office scandal that inspired TV show set to be cleared thanks to new law
Hundreds of people wrongly convicted will finally get some form of justice. The government has announced that a new law will come into effect later this year that will result in the majority of victims being cleared of any wrongdoing in the scandal that shocked the nation. When revealing the change in legislation, a representative […]
2 years ago
New law to be introduced exonerating Post Office scandal victims
The new law will clear wrongly convicted postmasters of any wrongdoing Rishi Sunak has announced a new law will be introduced to exonerate wrongly convicted victims of the Post Office scandal. Speaking at the first Prime Minister’s Questions of the year, the PM said he planned to make sure those who were convicted during the […]
2 years ago
Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to hand back CBE
Vennells has apologised for the ‘devastation caused to the sub-postmasters and their families’ Paula Vennells, the former CEO of the Post Office, has said she will hand back her CBE with immediate effect. It comes after a petition calling for her to do so reached more than a million signatures on Monday. In a statement […]
2 years ago