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‘Actions speak louder than words’ over compensation, says former sub-postmaster Lee Castleton
Fujitsu’s European boss told MPs that his company has a “moral obligation” to contribute to compensation for subpostmasters.
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MPs discuss IVA debt repayment plans following Channel 4 News report
Last year Channel 4 News and the Bureau for Investigative journalism uncovered the appalling tactics used by debt firms to sign up desperate, vulnerable people to expensive repayment plans known as IVAs, which they had no hope of keeping up with and which in many instances drove them into more debt.
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Rwanda bill: Asylum seekers ‘stuck in limbo’ as MPs vote
The rebels on the right of the Conservative Party wanted it toughened up to prevent legal appeals by asylum seekers.
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Is Donald Trump de-facto Republican nominee after huge win in Iowa?
We’re joined by political strategist Shannon Felton Spencer from Harvard’s Belfer Center, and conservative political commentator Bill Kristol from Northern Virginia.
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What does Donald Trump’s record win in Iowa mean for Republicans and the US?
Freezing cold with a larger population of pigs than people, rural Iowa can make or break a presidential campaign. And Donald Trump has taken a significant step towards becoming the Republican Party presidential candidate with a record win in the state’s caucuses.
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Compensation ‘not going to be cheap for Fujitsu, neither should it be’, says Labour MP Kevan Jones
We’re joined by Labour’s Kevan Jones, who has long campaigned for justice for the victims of the Horizon scandal.
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Post Office scandal: Fujitsu says it has ‘moral obligation’ to compensate victims
Until now, Post Office and Fujitsu bosses had avoided the cameras over the Horizon IT scandal. That scandal saw more than 900 subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted for theft, false accounting and fraud between 1999 and 2015.
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‘We all want the Rwanda Bill to work’, says Tory rebel Miriam Cates
We spoke to Conservative MP Miriam Cates.
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‘The country would have supported’ Rwanda bill amendments, says Jacob Rees-Mogg
We were joined by Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of the MPs who backed the amendments.
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Sunak rocked by Conservative resignations over Rwanda bill
Rishi Sunak has suffered a rebellion by 60 of his backbenchers this evening over his bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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Does the Rwanda policy deter people coming to the UK?
Much has been made of the government’s Rwanda policy and its ability to deter migrants from seeking to enter the country.
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Iceland volcano: Houses set alight as rivers of lava surround town
Residents of a fishing village in Iceland are waiting to find out if they’ll ever be able to return, after a volcano sent rivers of lava precariously close to their homes.
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Windrush: New campaign by artists and musicians to pressure government to speed up compensation
A new campaign by artists, actors and musicians has been launched to put pressure on the government to speed up compensation for those affected by the Windrush scandal – claiming more than 40 claimants have died before receiving any money.
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Crisis in adult social care: The charities having to turn away those needing care
Care providers in England are warning they simply can’t afford to keep operating, and increasingly are handing back contracts to provide care as their financial struggles continue.
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Junior doctors in Wales start three day strike over pay
Junior doctors in Wales have started a three day strike over pay. The walkout began at 7am and could see more than three thousand taking action – in what authorities warn is already one of the most pressurised weeks of the year.