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As business secretary between 2010 and 2015, Cable revealed that officials did not consider Horizon issues to be serious enough to bring to his attention.

We round-up some of the key dates and moments in the Post Office computer scandal so far and name the key people involved.

Paula Vennells has told the public inquiry into the scandal she was ‘let down’ by senior IT managers and the organisation’s legal counsels.

An investigation has found that former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton used ‘offensive and outdated’ terms when discussing a job...

Jane Davies, the former Post Office HR director, has alleged the company has misrepresented her whistleblowing evidence.

There are huge risks in trusting the computer system to be always right – an illogical position currently backed up by UK law. If we are to avoid future scandals such as the Post Office vs the sub-postmasters there must be fundamental technology change – or employees and franchisees will continue to be at risk.

Last October’s Procurement Act was a ‘huge missed opportunity’ to tighten up rules around outsourcing public services and protecting employees.

The Post Office scandal shows us how a ‘psychological phenomena can manifest in real-world organisational crises, leading to devastating consequences’

The Post Office has appointed a new group chief people officer, Jane Davies, who joins from healthcare business McKesson UK.

Post Office workers are on strike today (3 May) after recieving a pay offer that falls below the cost of living, according to a union.

Employers should be under a legal requirement to consult workers before using artificial intelligence to monitor them.

More than 100 postmasters and sub-postmasters are taking the Post Office to an employment tribunal in a bid to be recognised as ‘workers'.