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4 June 2024
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Perkins Preview: what secrets will Lady Humphrey reveal?
Alice Perkins was Chairman of the Post Office for four years between 2011 and 2015. She got the job after a career spent in the civil service. One of the people who ostensibly worked for her during that period told me Perkins was “patronising… wooden and inarticulate”, complaining she “couldn’t connect with people at all……
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Grey Day gives little away
Chris Day, former Post Office Chief Financial Office had all the hallmarks of a low-wattage witness. He met that expectation square on. I think I was the only journalist present today. More fool me. Taken at snail’s pace through multiple documents we’ve seen before, Day was unable to see the real risks in the Horizon…
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Alan Bates threatens legal action against the government
Alan Bates has threatened “possible legal action” against the government for their perceived foot-dragging over financial redress for 555 Subpostmasters who joined him in the Bates v Post Office group litigation order (GLO) High Court case. Most of the 555 qualify for the government’s special GLO compensation scheme*, announced in 2022 and initially designed to…