Post Office was 'stringing MPs along' with a 'behind-the-scenes deception process', former Tory minister Lord Arbuthnot told inquiry
Post Office was 'stringing MPs along' with a 'behind-the-scenes deception process', former Tory minister Lord Arbuthnot told inquiry
Lord Arbuthnot sent a letter in 2009 to then-business secretary Lord Mandelson, asking what could be done to investigate complaints made by sub-postmasters about theLord Arbuthnot leaving Aldwych House, central London, after giving evidence to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry “What this ‘arm’s length’ arrangement essentially means is that the Government is refusing to take the responsibilities that go with ownership and I don’t think it’s right to do that for various reasons.
He asked Lord Arbuthnot if he would have known at the time that it may have been a false statement, to which he replied: “No, I wouldn’t.” “They were operating some sort of behind-the-scenes deception process which suggests to me now that they were stringing MPs along in order to preserve the robustness of Horizon, the existence of Horizon and possibly the existence of the Post Office.He also said that an internal investigation carried out by the Post Office was an “asset recovery process,” and not an “application for justice”.
It was possible for the Post Office to access the Horizon system remotely and change accounts without sub-postmasters’ knowing, and the inquiry has previously heard that this feature of the software may have been what led to discrepancies in post office branches.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
Rishi Sunak Condemned For Snubbing Post Office Campaigner While Knighting Tory DonorKevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
続きを読む »
Tory donor in Diane Abbott racism row responsible for a fifth of Tory donations last yearRishi Sunak has resisted pressure to return the money donated to the Conservatives by Frank Hester
続きを読む »
Tory Minister Admits Party Could Accept More Cash From Tory Donor In Diane Abbott Race RowKevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
続きを読む »
Former Subpostmaster Sacked by Post Office for Being 'Unmanageable'Alan Bates, a lead campaigner and ex-subpostmaster, was dismissed by the Post Office due to being considered 'unmanageable'. The Horizon IT Inquiry revealed this information during the hearing. A presentation about the Horizon system's integrity, created by a former Post Office manager, highlighted Mr Bates' struggles with accounting. An internal review concluded that his dismissal was the only sensible option. Mr Bates testified about his campaign for justice and accused the Post Office of attempting to discredit him for 23 years. The Post Office has faced criticism following the airing of the ITV drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, which focused on the Horizon IT scandal.
続きを読む »
Sir Alan Duncan: Tory ex-Foreign Office minister investigated by party after Israel commentsSir Alan Duncan, who worked in the Foreign Office between 2010 and 2014, and also between 2016 and 2019, has called for the UK to stop exporting arms to Israel.
続きを読む »
Five episodes of GB News programmes presented by Tory MPs found to have broken Ofcom rulesGB News has beee warned it could face a statuary sanction if it breaks rules around MPs again, after five episodes hosted by Tory politicians were found to have breached Ofcom's broadcasting code.
続きを読む »