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What to watch out for on election night
Many high-profile Conservatives are at risk of losing their seats, giving us the prospect of many so-called Portillo moments on Thursday night. Our Data Correspondent Ciaran Jenkins has been looking at which constituencies to watch out for as the results come in.
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‘Is [Biden] the best Democrat to take on Trump? I don’t think so’ says political consultant Frank Luntz
We spoke to the American pollster and political consultant Frank Luntz.
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Post Office Inquiry: Former CEO accused of ‘living in la la land’
‘There were so many forks in the road but you always took the wrong path, didn’t you’: the opening line from a lawyer representing subpostmasters at the Horizon Inquiry today.
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Post Office scandal: workers react to ex-CEO Vennells at inquiry
The subpostmasters whose lives were ruined by the Post Office Horizon scandal have waited many years for today.
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Post Office inquiry: former boss Vennells admits evidence was false
Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has begun giving evidence at the Horizon inquiry.
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Ex-Post Office company secretary questioned over Horizon scandal
For years, she’s remained silent over what she knew about the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters. But tomorrow, the former head of the Post Office, Paula Vennells, will break that silence when she appears at the Horizon IT inquiry. Today, it was the turn of the company secretary, Alwen Lyons, who was at every board meeting…
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Former Post Office executive’s evidence like ‘word soup’, says inquiry barrister
The inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal has heard that the Post Office’s first reaction to the suicide of a subpostmaster it accused of stealing was to hire a media lawyer to protect its reputation.
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Post Office inquiry: Former CEO didn’t like word “bugs” to refer to faulty IT system
The Inquiry into the Post Office scandal has heard that former chief executive Paula Vennells did not want to use the word “bugs” to refer to the faulty Horizon IT system, preferring “exceptions” instead. Giving evidence today was the Post Office’s former lead internal lawyer – who said she believed her bosses had expected her…
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Post Office Scandal: what did top executive know?
She’s been described as the Post Office executive who knew more about the Horizon IT scandal than anybody else. Angela van den Bogerd personally oversaw complaints about Horizon problems since 2010 and was part of a mediation scheme that was supposed to get to the bottom of why so many subpostmasters were being accused of…
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Paula Vennells blamed ‘temptation’ of money in tills not IT system, Post Office inquiry hears
Former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells suggested “temptation” for subpostmasters to borrow money from tills was a problem, not the faulty Horizon IT system, the inquiry into the scandal has heard.
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Post Office scandal: outrage as Channel 4 News reveals covert recordings
There’s growing anger among politicians following the secret recordings, aired in our exclusive report on this programme last night.
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Exclusive: Covert recordings obtained by C4News prove Post Office covered up scandal for years
Recordings proving Post Office management knew subpostmasters’ were not to blame for accounting errors in the Horizon system are broadcast for the first time, as part of an exclusive Channel 4 News report.
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“Postmasters will believe Henry Staunton because that’s their experience“: Lord Arbuthnot on Kemi Badenoch row
We spoke to former Conservative MP Lord Arbuthnot – who’s campaigned for years on behalf of subpostmasters fighting for justice. We started by asking him what he made of this latest chapter in the Post Office scandal.
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Government signed off on Post Office executives bonuses
We know it’s been called the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history.
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Post Office handling of compensation criticised as ‘medieval’ by Horizon Compensation Advisory Board
They’re supposed to be offering full and fair compensation to thousands of victims whose lives were turned upside down.