It’s coming up to a year since ITV beamed the Post Office scandal into living rooms up and down the country, forcing the plight of sub-postmasters to the top of the political agenda over two decades after the first issues with Fujitsu’s Horizon software were reported. Mr Bates vs The Post Office injected a sense of frenetic urgency to proceedings: after a public outcry, there were promises from a range of government ministers that sub-postmasters would finally receive justice and compensation. So where are we now?
The answer is phase 7 of the Post Office Inquiry. On Monday, attendees at Aldwych House heard evidence from three high-profile witness: Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds, former Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch, and chief executive of Fujitsu Europe Paul Patterson.
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