Yesterday senior MPs called on Royal Mail to stop the fines, which increased last October from £2.50 to £5, as it investigates issues with new barcoded stamps. A spate of customers claim they have been wrongly surcharged. The Liberal Democrats said it was “ridiculous” customers were being caught up in …
Read More »Ex-chief executive set to give evidence on Horizon
Sir Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, has apologised for not meeting Alan Bates in 2010 when the sub-postmasters campaigner wrote to him for the first time about the Horizon scandal. Sir Ed, who was the Post Office minister at the time, was advised to meet Mr Bates …
Read More »Post Office campaigner Alan Bates promises to crowdfund private prosecutions if justice is not done
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Read More »Campaigner Alan Bates proposes private prosecutions over Post Office IT scandal
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Read More »Ex-Royal Mail CEO casts doubt on Post Office boss’s ‘I did not know’ defence
Alan Cook is now being questioned by Edward Henry KC, who represents Janet Skinner, a sub-postmistress who served a nine-month sentence for false accounting after pleading guilty in 2006. “She’d been jailed on the lie, Mr Cook, that Horizon was infallible,” Mr Henry said. “But you said you had no …
Read More »Real Housewives’ Deborah Davies left horrified after huge £8K Royal Mail error
Exclusive: Former Real Housewives of Cheshire star Deborah Davies has been left horrified after an alleged Royal Mail error flagged that she owed the company £8,000 Debbie has been left horrified by the error ( Image: @deborahdaviespsychic/Instagram) Deborah Davies has been left in complete shock after Royal Mail claimed she …
Read More »China behind flood of fake stamps plaguing Britain
The Royal Mail introduced barcode stamps in 2022 in an effort to put a stop to forgeries that were costing the postal service tens of millions of pounds every year. The barcodes are scanned when post arrives at sorting offices and suspicious stamps are then inspected by staff who then …
Read More »How to spot a fake Royal Mail stamp
What colour is the logo? If you have bought individual stamps, this step won’t apply to you. However, when purchasing a book of stamps or even a sheet of stamps, find the Forest Stewardship Council certification. All genuine Royal Mail stamp books and sheets will have the FSC logo. What …
Read More »Post Office minister says people responsible for Horizon scandal ‘should go to jail’
Speaking in the village where Alan Bates first began his campaign for justice 15 years ago, Mr Hollinrake continued: “We have to go through a process, we believe in the rule of law – lots of people in this room, and other people, have not had the benefit of the …
Read More »Post Office bosses in Horizon scandal raked in £20m as lives were ruined
Port Office bosses raked in almost £20million while their IT system ripped subpostmasters’ lives apart, it has emerged. Analysis of company accounts reveals five bosses took home almost £19.4million over 24 years. Paula Vennells, who headed the organisation between 2010 and 2019, earned £5.1million during her tenure. She refused to …
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