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.
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We round-up some of the key dates and moments in the Post Office computer scandal so far and name the key people involved.
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Paula Vennells has told the public inquiry into the scandal she was ‘let down’ by senior IT managers and the organisation’s legal counsels.
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An investigation has found that former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton used ‘offensive and outdated’ terms when discussing a job...
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Jane Davies, the former Post Office HR director, has alleged the company has misrepresented her whistleblowing evidence.
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The computer says ‘fraud’: how the Post Office scandal exposes risks to workers
by Nish Kotechaby Nish KotechaThere 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.
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Last October’s Procurement Act was a ‘huge missed opportunity’ to tighten up rules around outsourcing public services and protecting employees.
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The Post Office scandal shows us how a ‘psychological phenomena can manifest in real-world organisational crises, leading to devastating consequences’
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The Post Office has appointed a new group chief people officer, Jane Davies, who joins from healthcare business McKesson UK.
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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.
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Employers should be under a legal requirement to consult workers before using artificial intelligence to monitor them.
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More than 100 postmasters and sub-postmasters are taking the Post Office to an employment tribunal in a bid to be recognised as ‘workers'.
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Pay cuts could lead to the closure of one in three post offices, warns the National Federation of Subpostmasters. Federation...
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A coalition of unions, MPs and small businesses has called for the creation of Post Bank which would create 11,000...
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The Post Office could be liable for a £2m payout if an employment tribunal rules that it acted unlawfully when...