Post Office paid £600m to continue using Horizon

Post Office chiefs to fork out thousands in extra compo to postmasters over personal data leak

Lawyers confirmed they had won settlements for around eight Scottish postmasters and many more across the UK who were affected by a major data breach amid the Horizon scandal.

Horizon scandal: the UK is dying the death of a thousand bad contracts - Vox Political

We're finally learning the horrifying truth of the Post Office/Horizon scandal : the UK is dying the death of a thousand bad contracts: The UK Post Office Horizon scandal is one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British legal history. More than 700 sub-postmasters were prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 - accused of theft, [...] The post Horizon scandal: the UK is dying the death of a thousand bad contracts appeared first on Vox Political.

Post Office spent £600m to keep Horizon despite plans to replace it: Report

THE POST OFFICE has spent more than £600 million of public funds to continue using the Horizon IT system, according to a news report.Despite deciding over a decade ago to move away from the software, the original 1999 contract with Fujitsu prevented the Post Office from doing so, as it did not own the core software code, a BBC investigation shows.The Horizon system, developed by Fujitsu and its subsidiary ICL Pathway, has been at the centre of o…

BBC report reveals Post Office used £600m of public money on the ...

BBC’s new report shows that even after they ceased using Fujitsu’s system for a decade, they still paid

Post Office Paid £600M to Keep Flawed Horizon System Despite Decade-Old Decision to Replace It

The Post Office has spent over £600 million in public funds to maintain the error-prone Horizon IT system, despite deciding to replace it more than ten years

‘Possible market distortion’ – government taps watchdog for advice on £136m Post Office subsidy for Horizon replacement

The Department for Business and Trade has proposed giving the public corporation significant funding to deliver ongoing tech upgrade work this year in support of eventual migration from Fujitsu platform The government has sought advice from competition regulators on a proposed £100m-plus subsidy for the Post Office to support the replacement for the troubled Horizon IT system. The Department for Business and Trade, which is the parent agency of …