Fujitsu UK pays staff bonuses as it sits on Post Office scandal contribution

Copyright TechTarget - All rights reserved ComputerWeekly’s best articles of the day https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Techtarget Feed Generator en Sun, 10 May 2026 01:45:04 GMT https://www.computerweekly.com editor@computerweekly.com Fujitsu will pay bonuses to UK staff this year despite the ongoing controversy around its <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Fujitsus-role-in-the-Post-Office-scandal-Everything-you-need-to-know">involvement in the Post Office scandal</a> and its delayed contribution towards the resulting costs. The Japanese supplier has not committed to an amount it will pay towards the billions of pounds UK taxpayers have had to pay as a result of the scandal. Nor has it made an interim payment, despite repeated demands from campaigners. Following information from a source about the latest staff bonuses, Computer Weekly contacted Fujitsu for comment. A company spokesperson said: “We offer competitive packages to our colleagues across the country, which are benchmarked against industry standards. Our highly skilled workforce is focused on continuing to deliver critical services for the UK.” <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623124/Fujitsu-UK-staff-will-get-bonus-despite-Post-Office-scandal-fallout">Fujitsu UK staff also received bonuses last year</a>. Peer James Arbuthnot, who has campaigned for justice for subpostmasters for over a decade and a half, said: “Fujitsu do, of course, have to pay their staff. But they also have obligations – which are financial, as well as moral – to give redress to the subpostmasters they have so dreadfully wronged.” Arbuthnot, who last year <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632434/Peer-demands-Fujitsu-pay-700m-in-interim-as-it-prepares-response-to-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry">demanded Fujitsu pay £700m in the interim</a>, added: “It is high time Fujitsu management in Japan, as well as the UK, recognised that honour requires more than words and kicking the can down the road.” In January 2024, in the immediate aftermath of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Computer-Weekly-Editors-Blog/Post-Office-scandal-A-very-good-start-to-what-comes-next">ITV’s dramatisation of the Post Office scandal</a>, Fujitsu’s then European boss, Paul Patterson, told a Parliamentary select committee hearing that <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566438/Fujitsu-morally-obliged-to-contribute-to-subpostmaster-financial-redress-amid-insane-delays">the company was “morally obligated” to contribute to the costs</a> related to the Post Office Horizon scandal faced by UK taxpayers. But more than two years on, it has still not paid a penny. Patterson’s words were described as a hollow gesture by campaigners, including <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619680/Peer-demands-Fujitsu-cough-up-300m-interim-payment-towards-Post-Office-scandal-bill">peer Kevan Jones</a>. Jo Hamilton, a former subpostmaster from Hampshire, who was wrongly convicted for false accounting, said: “Morally, the right thing to do would be to contribute to the Horizon carnage now, but they are a morally bankrupt company, so it doesn’t surprise me at all.” Hamilton had her wrongful conviction overturned in a landmark court case in April 2021. The Fujitsu spokesperson said: “We are engaged with government regarding Fujitsu’s contribution to compensation.” <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Astounding cost to UK taxpayers"> <h2 class="section-title">Astounding cost to UK taxpayers</h2> UK taxpayers have funded over £1.5bn in financial redress to subpostmasters alone, with more still to come. Taxpayers have also footed the bill for the Post Office’s huge legal costs. For example, a response to a freedom of information request from a campaigner <a href="https://x.com/stugoo17">known on X as Monsieur Cholet</a> revealed that from 2020 up to and including 2025, the Post Office <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633549/Post-Office-paid-one-law-firm-more-for-inquiry-representation-than-cost-of-actual-inquiry">spent £83m with law firm Herbert Smith Freehills</a> for support as its legal representative at the public inquiry, and £3m on its support for Post Office witnesses with their statements to the inquiry. But legal costs associated with the Post Office scandal total much more, extending into hundreds of millions. It spent £100m of taxpayer money defending itself in the 2018/19 group litigation order, where a group of subpostmasters, led by <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588822/Once-ridiculed-Post-Office-scandal-campaigner-Alan-Bates-receives-knighthood">Sir Alan Bates</a>, proved the Post Office’s Horizon computer system was to blame for unexplained errors that subpostmasters were made responsible for. Taxpayers also funded the legal costs of subpostmasters who were victims of the scandal when making their compensation claims. Then there is the public inquiry, which cost about £48m between 2000 and 2024 – the financial statement that covers 2025 has not yet been published. Taxpayers are also funding a nationwide police investigation, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629933/Police-investigation-into-Post-Office-scandal-to-cost-more-than-50m">Operation Olympos</a>, which is expected to cost over £50m. Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money was spent on replacing Fujitsu’s controversial Horizon system, much of it <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586814/Post-Office-Horizon-replacement-project-labelled-unachievable-as-taxpayer-bill-reaches-1bn">wasted on failed attempts</a> as the Post Office, under huge public and government pressure, rushed into projects before the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639049/Eradicating-Fujitsu-and-Horizon-from-the-Post-Office-step-by-step">current plan was in place</a>. Due to delays in replacing the Horizon system, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634300/Post-Office-extends-controversial-Fujitsu-contract-in-41m-deal">Fujitsu has continued to win contracts with the Post Office</a>, also worth hundreds of millions of pounds. Computer Weekly <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240089230/Bankruptcy-prosecution-and-disrupted-livelihoods-Postmasters-tell-their-story">first exposed the scandal in 2009</a>, revealing the stories of seven subpostmasters and the problems they suffered as a result of the Horizon system. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Timeline: Computer Weekly articles about the scandal since 2009</h3> <ul type="square" class="default-list"> <li>May 2009: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240089230/Bankruptcy-prosecution-and-disrupted-livelihoods-Postmasters-tell-their-story">Bankruptcy, prosecution and disrupted livelihoods – postmasters tell their story</a>.</li> <li>September 2009: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280090846/Post-masters-form-action-group-after-accounts-shortfall">Post-masters form action group after accounts shortfall</a>.</li> <li>November 2009: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280091449/Post-Office-theft-case-deferred-over-IT-questions">Post Office theft case deferred over IT questions</a>.</li> <li>May 2010: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280092879/Royal-Mail-postpones-Horizon-roll-out-after-outages">A pilot of the new Horizon Online system at Royal Mail has been scaled back after connectivity problems and outages</a>.</li> <li>February 2011: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/1280095088/Post-Office-faces-legal-action-over-alleged-accounting-system-failures">Post Office faces legal action over alleged accounting system failures</a>.</li> <li>October 2011: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240105787/85-sub-postmasters-seek-legal-support-in-claims-against-Post-Office-computer-system">85 subpostmasters seek legal support in claims against Post Office computer system</a>.</li> <li>June 2012: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240158501/Post-Office-launches-external-review-of-system-at-centre-of-legal-disputes">Post Office launches external review of system at centre of legal disputes</a>.</li> <li>January 2013: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240175402/Post-Office-admits-that-Horizon-system-needs-more-investigation">Post Office admits Horizon system needs more investigation</a>.</li> <li>January 2013: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240175994/Post-Office-calls-for-amnesty-for-Horizon-evidence">Post Office announces amnesty for Horizon evidence</a>.</li> <li>January 2013: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240176122/Post-Office-wants-to-get-to-bottom-of-IT-system-allegations">Post Office wants to get to bottom of IT system allegations</a>.</li> <li>June 2013: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240186334/Investigation-into-Post-Office-accounting-system-to-drill-down-on-strongest-cases">Investigation into Post Office accounting system to drill down on strongest cases</a>.</li> <li>July 2013: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240187566/Post-Office-Horizon-system-investigation-reveals-concerns">Post Office Horizon system investigation reveals concerns</a>.</li> <li>October 2013: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240207934/End-in-sight-for-sub-postmaster-claims-against-Post-Offices-Horizon-accounting-system">End in sight for subpostmaster claims against Post Office’s Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>October 2013: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240208118/Former-Lord-Justice-of-Appeal-Anthony-Hooper-joins-Post-Office-Horizon-investigation">Former Lord Justice of Appeal Hooper joins Post Office Horizon investigation</a>.</li> <li>November 2013: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240209819/150-subpostmasters-make-claims-to-Horizon-accounting-system-investigation">150 subpostmasters file claims over “faulty” Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>September 2014: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240230333/Fresh-questions-raised-over-Post-Office-IT-systems-role-in-fraud-cases">Fresh questions raised over Post Office IT system’s role in fraud cases</a>.</li> <li>December 2014: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236243/MPs-blast-Post-Office-over-IT-system-investigation-and-remove-backing">MPs blast Post Office over IT system investigation and remove backing</a>.</li> <li>December 2014: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236291/Why-MPs-lost-faith-in-the-Post-Offices-IT-investigation-but-vowed-to-fight-on">Why MPs lost faith in the Post Office’s IT investigation, but vowed to fight on</a>.</li> <li>December 2014: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236777/Debate-over-Post-Office-IT-system-to-be-held-in-Westminister">MPs to debate subpostmaster IT injustice claims</a>.</li> <li>December 2014: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240236938/MP-accuses-Post-Office-of-acting-duplicitously-in-IT-investigation">MP accuses Post Office of acting ‘duplicitously’ in IT investigation</a>.</li> <li>January 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240238523/MPs-force-inquiry-into-Post-Office-subpostmaster-mediation-scheme">MPs force inquiry into Post Office subpostmaster mediation scheme</a>.</li> <li>January 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240239009/Post-Offices-faces-grilling-by-MPs-over-Horizon-accounting-system">Post Office faces grilling by MPs over Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>February 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240239385/Post-Office-CIO-would-talk-to-any-subpostmaster-about-IT-problems-promises-CEO">Post Office CIO will talk to any subpostmaster about IT problems, promises CEO</a>.</li> <li>March 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240242064/Post-Office-ends-IT-system-investigation-day-before-potentially-damning-report">Post Office ends working group for IT system investigation day before potentially damaging report</a>.</li> <li>March 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500242929/MPs-seeks-reassurance-over-Post-Office-mediation-scheme">MPs seek reassurance over Post Office mediation scheme</a>.</li> <li>March 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500243220/Retiring-MP-aims-to-uncover-truth-of-alleged-Post-Office-computer-system-problems">Retiring MP aims to uncover truth of alleged Post Office computer system problems</a>.</li> <li>April 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500244656/Post-Office-failed-to-investigate-account-shortfalls-before-legal-action-report-claims">Post Office failed to investigate account shortfalls before legal action, report claims</a>.</li> <li>April 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500245279/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-set-to-review-subpostmasters-claims-of-wrongful-prosecution">Criminal Courts Review Commission set to review subpostmasters’ claims of wrongful prosecution</a>.</li> <li>June 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500249009/Post-Office-looking-to-replace-controversial-Horizon-system-says-MP">Post Office looking to replace controversial Horizon system with IBM, says MP</a>.</li> <li>July 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500249393/Campaigners-call-for-independent-inquiry-into-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-system-dispute">Campaigners call for independent inquiry into Post Office Horizon IT system dispute</a>.</li> <li>October 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500255862/James-Arbuthnot-takes-Post-Office-IT-fight-to-House-of-Lords">James Arbuthnot takes Post Office IT fight to House of Lords</a>.</li> <li>November 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500256860/Communication-Workers-Union-warns-subpostmasters-of-flaw-in-Post-Office-Horizon-accounting-system">The union that represents Post Office subpostmasters has warned of a problem with the Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>November 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500257572/Post-Office-IT-support-email-reveals-known-Horizon-flaw">Post Office IT support email reveals known Horizon flaw</a></li> <li>November 2015: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500257720/Group-litigation-against-Post-Office-being-prepared-in-Horizon-dispute">Group litigation against Post Office being prepared in Horizon dispute</a>.</li> <li>February 2016: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500272635/Post-Office-faces-group-litigation-as-subpostmasters-fund-class-action">Post Office faces group litigation over Horizon IT as subpostmasters fund class action</a>.</li> <li>June 2016: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450297820/Considerable-risk-if-Post-Office-replaced-Horizon-system-says-chairman">Post Office chairman Tim Parker says there would be “considerable risk” associated with changing its Horizon computer system</a>.</li> <li>November 2016: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450403690/Group-litigation-against-Post-Office-in-Horizon-system-dispute-prepares-for-next-stage">The legal team hired by a group of subpostmasters will take their case to the next stage</a>.</li> <li>January 2017: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450411786/Game-on-for-group-litigation-against-Post-Office-after-watershed-decision">The group action against the Post Office that alleges subpostmasters have been wrongly punished for accounting errors gets green light from the High Court of Justice</a>.</li> <li>March 2017: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450415674/1000-sub-postmasters-apply-to-join-IT-related-group-litigation-against-Post-Office">1,000 subpostmasters apply to join IT-related group litigation against Post Office</a>.</li> <li>April 2017: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450417356/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-appoints-forensic-accountants-for-Post-Office-IT-system-cases">Investigation into claims of miscarriages of justice in relation to a Post Office accounting system has appointed a forensic accountant firm</a>.</li> <li>May 2017: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450419861/Hundreds-of-sub-postmasters-have-applied-to-join-IT-related-legal-action-since-March">Hundreds of subpostmasters have applied to join IT-related legal action since March</a>.</li> <li>July 2017: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450419861/Hundreds-of-sub-postmasters-have-applied-to-join-IT-related-legal-action-since-March">Post Office defence in computer system legal case due this week</a>.</li> <li>August 2017: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450423858/Subpostmasters-allege-bullying-and-intimidation-by-Post-Office-over-Horizon-IT-system">Campaigners submit initial evidence in group litigation against Post Office over controversial Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>October 2017: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450428525/Post-Office-computer-system-legal-case-reaches-important-procedural-juncture">Subpostmasters’ group action against the Post Office reaches an important milestone</a>.</li> <li>November 2017: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450429076/Court-dates-set-for-Post-Office-accounting-system-trials">An end is in sight for subpostmasters’ campaign against alleged wrongful prosecution, which they blame on a faulty computer system</a>.</li> <li>November 2017: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/450430183/Post-Office-court-case-judge-issues-warning-to-legal-teams">High Court judge in subpostmasters versus Post Office case over an faulty system tells legal teams to cooperate</a>.</li> <li>January 2018: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252433741/Forensic-investigation-into-Post-Office-IT-system-at-centre-of-legal-case-nears-completion">Forensic investigation into Post Office IT system at centre of legal case nears completion</a>.</li> <li>April 2018: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252439796/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-findings-in-Post-Office-computer-case-raise-further-enquiries">Criminal Cases Review Commission  examination of Post office IT system has raised further questions</a>.</li> <li>May 2018: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252440879/Connectivity-problem-hits-thousands-of-Post-Office-branches">Post Office branches unable to connect to Horizon computer system for several hours after morning opening time</a>.</li> <li>October 2018: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252451492/Why-subpostmasters-and-Post-Office-are-battling-it-out-in-the-High-Court">After over a decade of controversy, next week marks the beginning of a court battle between subpostmasters and the Post Office</a>.</li> <li>November 2018: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452254/High-court-Post-Office-trial-puts-subpostmasters-contract-under-microscope">Case against Post Office in relation to allegedly faulty computer system begins in High Court</a>.</li> <li>November 2018: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452444/Post-Office-trial-throws-up-more-known-computer-problems">High Court case in which subpostmasters are suing the Post Office has revealed a known problem with a computer system</a>.</li> <li>November 2018: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452694/Post-Office-executives-cross-examined-in-Horizon-IT-system-trial">A High Court trial, where subpostmasters are suing the Post Office for damages caused by an allegedly faulty IT system, ends second week</a>.</li> <li>November 2018: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252452957/Post-Office-held-back-information-about-Horizon-IT-system-errors">Post Office director admits to Horizon errors and not sharing details with subpostmaster network</a>.</li> <li>November 2018: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453243/High-Court-trial-over-Horizon-computer-system-completes-witness-cross-examinations">The High Court trial in which subpostmasters are suing the Post Office has reached an important stage</a>.</li> <li>December 2018: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252453546/CCRC-may-hold-off-subpostmaster-decision-until-after-Post-Office-Horizon-trial">CCRC may hold off subpostmaster decision until after Post Office Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>December 2018: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252454055/Complex-Post-Office-Horizon-case-set-to-continue-into-2020">Court case where subpostmasters are suing the Post Office set to span at least four trials and extend into 2020</a>.</li> <li>January 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252455126/Subpostmasters-suing-Post-Office-over-IT-failures-stunned-by-CEOs-honour">Subpostmasters’ campaign group attacks Post Office CEO Paula Vennells’ New Year honour amid ongoing court case</a>.</li> <li>January 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252455877/Thousands-of-known-errors-on-controversial-Post-Office-computer-system-to-be-revealed">Thousands of known errors on controversial Post Office computer system to be revealed</a>.</li> <li>March 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252458999/Tech-under-spotlight-at-High-Court-in-second-subpostmasters-versus-Post-Office-trial">Tech under spotlight at High Court in second subpostmasters versus Post Office trial</a>.</li> <li>March 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459274/Post-Office-considered-Horizon-IT-system-as-high-risk-court-told">Post Office considered Horizon IT system “high-risk”, court told</a>.</li> <li>March 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459857/CCRC-watching-Post-Office-Horizon-trial-closely">CCRC watching Post Office Horizon trial closely</a>.</li> <li>March 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459564/Subpostmasters-achieve-stunning-victory-against-Post-Office-in-Horizon-case">Judge rules that Post Office showed “oppressive behaviour” in response to claimants accused of accounting errors they blamed on Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>March 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459863/Post-Office-lacked-humanity-in-the-treatment-of-subpostmasters-says-peer">Post Office “lacked humanity” in the treatment of subpostmasters, says peer</a>.</li> <li>March 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459670/Post-Office-director-cross-examination-confirms-lack-of-investigation-into-branch-IT-problems">A High Court judge heard that the Post Office did not investigate a computer system error that could cause losses, despite being offered evidence</a>.</li> <li>March 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252459996/Horizon-IT-system-trial-suspended-after-Post-Office-accuses-judge-of-bias">The Post Office legal team in the case brought by more than 500 subpostmasters has called for the judge to be recused after questioning his impartiality</a>.</li> <li>March 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252460542/Post-Office-made-to-repay-public-money-it-allocated-to-fund-Horizon-litigation">A senior civil servant asked the Post Office to repay public money it had wrongly allocated to paying legal costs</a>.</li> <li>April 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252460815/Post-Office-could-face-huge-costs-bill-for-first-Horizon-trial">Subpostmaster claimants’ legal team makes application for the Post Office to pay millions of pounds of costs associated with trial</a>.</li> <li>April 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461096/Post-Office-to-appeal-judgment-from-first-Horizon-trial">Post Office to appeal judgment from first Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>April 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461348/Judge-in-Post-Office-trial-rejects-application-to-recuse-himself">The Post Office’s claim that the judge overseeing the case concerning its controversial Horizon IT system was biased has been dismissed</a>.</li> <li>April 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461728/MP-questions-government-over-Post-Office-Horizon-case">MP questions government over Post Office Horizon case</a>.</li> <li>April 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252461829/Government-says-no-conflict-of-interest-in-Post-Office-trial-due-to-chairmans-dual-role">Government says no conflict of interest in trial despite Post Office chairman’s dual role</a>.</li> <li>May 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252463196/Court-of-Appeal-rejects-a-Post-Office-request-in-Horizon-IT-case">The Court of Appeal has refused the Post Office’s application to appeal a major decision in the Horizon IT trial</a>.</li> <li>May 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252463625/Post-Office-applies-to-appeal-damning-judgment-in-first-Horizon-trial">The Post Office has applied for permission to appeal judgments from the first trial in its IT-related legal battle with subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>May 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252463938/Post-Office-told-to-pay-over-5m-of-its-opponents-costs-for-first-Horizon-trial">The judge in the Post Office Horizon trial has ordered the organisation to pay the legal costs, and refused to give permission to appeal a major judgment</a>.</li> <li>June 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252465193/Post-Office-asks-Court-of-Appeal-for-permission-to-appeal-judgment-in-first-Horizon-trial">Post Office asks Court of Appeal for permission to appeal judgment in first Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>July 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466111/Post-Office-back-office-error-leaves-subpostmaster-with-thousands-of-pounds-extra">Post Office back-office error leaves subpostmaster with thousands of pounds extra</a>.</li> <li>July 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466406/Post-Office-fixes-technical-problem-causing-accounting-errors-in-Horizon">Post Office fixes technical problem causing accounting errors in Horizon</a>.</li> <li>August 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252468199/Hundreds-of-Post-Office-branches-hit-by-new-Horizon-problem">Subpostmasters suffering slow running and frozen terminals while Post Office searches for a fix to issues apparently caused by a software update</a>.</li> <li>August 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252468689/Latest-Post-Office-Horizon-problems-caused-by-software-update">The Post Office has fixed the latest problems with its Horizon system, affecting hundreds of branches</a>. </li> <li>October 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252473026/Post-Office-IT-trial-judgement-within-days">A High Court judgment for a trial that focused on the Post Office’s IT system at the centre of a multimillion-pound litigation will be announced early next month</a>.</li> <li>November 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252474416/Court-of-Appeal-dismisses-Post-Office-application-to-appeal-damning-judgment">The Court of Appeal has rejected a Post Office application to appeal judgments made in its multimillion-pound battle with subpostmasters over IT system failures</a>.</li> <li>November 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252474583/Peer-suggests-clear-out-of-Post-Office-board-after-Court-of-Appeal-confirms-major-defeat-in-court">Peer calls for clear-out of Post Office board after Court of Appeal confirms major court defeat</a>.</li> <li>December 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475310/Post-Office-settles-legal-dispute-with-subpostmasters-ending-20-year-battle-for-lead-claimant">The Post Office has settled its long-running legal dispute with subpostmasters, and will pay £57.75m in damages</a>.</li> <li>December 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475442/Subpostmasters-got-the-best-deal-possible-in-legal-battle-with-the-Post%20Office-says-lawyer">Subpostmasters ended their legal battle with the Post Office at the optimal time, according to the lawyer that managed the High Court action</a>.</li> <li>December 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475611/Subpostmasters-proved-right-on-IT-system-failures-as-calls-for-full-public-inquiry-mount">Subpostmasters proved right on IT system failures as calls for full public inquiry mount</a>.</li> <li>December 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475773/Criminal-Courts-Review-Commission-to-review-Horizon-judgment-swiftly">Criminal Courts Review Commission to review Horizon judgment “swiftly”</a>.</li> <li>December 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475841/National-Federation-of-Subpostmasters-cries-foul-after-court-ruling">National Federation of Subpostmasters cries foul after court ruling on controversial computer system</a>.</li> <li>December 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252475989/Former-Post-Office-CEO-apologises-to-subpostmasters-over-Horizon-scandal">Former Post Office CEO apologises to subpostmasters over Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>December 2019: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476160/Call-for-former-Post-Office-CEO-to-step-down-from-public-roles-after-IT-court-battle-lost">Call for former Post Office CEO to step down from public roles after IT court battle lost</a>.</li> <li>January 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476403/Fujitsu-must-face-scrutiny-following-Post-Office-Horizon-trial-judgment">Fujitsu must face scrutiny following Post Office Horizon trial judgment</a>.</li> <li>January 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476569/Subpostmaster-group-calls-for-government-to-pay-legal-costs-for-Horizon-trial">Subpostmaster group calls for government to pay legal costs for Horizon trial</a>.</li> <li>January 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476622/Why-subpostmasters-are-calling-on-the-government-to-pay-Horizon-trial-costs">Why subpostmasters are calling on the government to pay Horizon trial costs</a>.</li> <li>January 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476768/Government-distances-itself-from-Post-Office-decisions-in-Horizon-IT-litigation">Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy says it did not make decisions in the Post Office’s recent court battle</a>.</li> <li>January 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477142/Government-should-not-be-allowed-to-dismiss-subpostmasters-claims-over-Horizon-IT-scandal">Government should not be allowed to dismiss subpostmasters’ claims over Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477368/Police-sent-information-about-potential-Fujitsu-staff-perjury-in-subpostmaster-prosecutions">Police sent information about potential Fujitsu staff perjury in subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>January 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477433/Subpostmaster-prosecutions-move-closer-to-appeal">Prosecutions are a significant step closer to being sent to the Court of Appeal as Criminal Courts Review Commission forms a group of commissioners to review them</a>.</li> <li>January 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Alan-Bates-The-details-man-the-Post-Office-paid-the-price-for-ignoring">Alan Bates: The “details man” the Post Office paid the price for ignoring</a>.</li> <li>February 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252477786/Government-refuses-request-to-pay-legal-costs-for-subpostmasters-in-Post-Office-case">The government has refused to pay the huge legal costs subpostmasters incurred in their battle with the government-owned Post Office, which they won</a>.</li> <li>February 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252478402/Pressure-for-public-inquiry-into-Post-Office-IT-system-scandal-begins-with-mountain-to-climb">Members of Parliament seeking a public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal face huge challenges, but pressure and time could force justice</a>.</li> <li>February 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252478549/Calls-for-inquiry-into-Post-Office-IT-scandal-increase-in-Parliament-with-cross-party-support">Calls for inquiry into Post Office IT scandal increase in Parliament, with cross-party support</a>.</li> <li>February 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252478694/Concerns-raised-over-former-Post-Office-CEOs-appointment-at-NHS-trust-under-review">Care Quality Commission to review concerns over Paula Vennells’ appointment after they were raised by a former NHS consultant psychiatrist</a>.</li> <li>February 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479087/Government-admits-it-was-too-passive-managing-Post-Office-as-parliamentary-pressure-builds">Government admits it was too passive managing Post Office as parliamentary pressure builds</a>.</li> <li>February 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479323/Government-claims-it-was-misled-by-Post-Office-over-IT-scandal">Minister says Post Office IT experts misled the government when it asked questions about subpostmasters’ concerns over Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479176/Boris-Johnson-commits-to-getting-to-the-bottom-of-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal">Boris Johnson commits to “getting to the bottom of” Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479401/Boris-Johnsons-commitment-to-inquiry-into-Post-Office-scandal-in-doubt">Boris Johnson’s commitment to inquiry into Post Office scandal in doubt</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479549/MPs-call-on-PM-to-commit-to-full-public-inquiry-into-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal">MPs call on PM to commit to full public inquiry into Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479650/Those-who-did-not-play-by-the-rules-in-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-should-face-prosecution">Those who did not play by the rules in Post Office Horizon scandal “should face prosecution”</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252479794/MPs-told-to-hold-to-account-those-responsible-for-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal">MPs told to hold to account those responsible for Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480083/Secret-Post-Office-deals-cause-fury-among-Horizon-IT-scandal-campaigners">The Post Office has sparked anger with secret settlements with subpostmasters outside the recent legal action against it</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480365/Labour%20MP%20Karl%20Turner%20tells%20Computer%20Weekly%20that%20the%20Post%20Office%20Horizon%20scandal%20is%20the%20most%20grotesque%20version%20of%20predatory%20capitalism%20he%20has%20ever%20seen">Labour MP Karl Turner tells Computer Weekly that the Post Office Horizon scandal is the most grotesque version of predatory capitalism he has ever seen</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480365/MP-warns-minister-not-to-parrot-civil-servants-lines-on-Post-Office-IT-scandal">MP Kevan Jones has warned a government minister not to repeat the mistakes of predecessors in relation to the Post Office Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480440/Coronavirus-CCRC-uses-Microsoft-Teams-to-consider-subpostmaster-appeals">Criminal Cases Review Commission to use Microsoft Teams to ensure review of subpostmaster prosecutions is held on time</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480463/Coronavirus-Post-Office-postpones-subpostmaster-compensation-scheme-amid-Covid-19-crisis">Post Office postpones subpostmaster compensation scheme amid Covid-19 crisis</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480571/Meeting-reviewing-subpostmaster-applications-to-appeal-criminal-prosecutions-moves-into-second-day">Meeting reviewing subpostmaster applications to appeal criminal prosecutions moves into second day</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480655/Subpostmaster-prosecutions-to-be-considered-by-Court-of-Appeal-for-miscarriages-of-justice">Subpostmaster prosecutions to be considered by Court of Appeal for miscarriages of justice</a>.</li> <li>March 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480745/How-Subpostmasters-made-legal-history-with-biggest-referral-of-potential-miscarriages-of-justice">How subpostmasters made legal history with biggest referral of potential miscarriages of justice.</a></li> <li>April 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252482260/Met-Police-assess-evidence-of-potential-perjury-in-Post-Office-IT-trials">Met Police examines information about evidence given in court by Fujitsu staff on the Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>May 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252482517/Subpostmasters-receive-their-inadequate-damages-over-Horizon-IT-scandal">Subpostmasters who had their lives ruined by the Post Office’s faulty IT system have received their damages after a High Court victory</a>.</li> <li>May 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483344/Post-Office-executive-who-tried-to-mislead-judge-in-Horizon-trial-leaves-via-back-door">A senior Post Office executive at the centre of an IT scandal, who tried to mislead a High Court judge in relation to it, has left the organisation without fanfare despite many years of service</a>.</li> <li>May 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483639/900-more-criminal-prosecutions-of-subpostmasters-could-be-unsafe-because-of-IT-failures">Post Office re-examines hundreds of prosecutions that could have resulted from faults in Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252483733/Subpostmasters-crowdfund-for-justice-in-IT-scandal">A campaign group representing subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted for theft and false accounting by the Post Office is raising money to help clear the names of victims of the scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484026/Subpostmasters-to-force-scrutiny-of-governments-role-in-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Subpostmasters to force scrutiny of government’s role in Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484100/CCRC-sends-47-subpostmaster-miscarriages-of-justice-for-appeal-asks-for-prosecution-powers-review">The Criminal Cases Review Commission sends 47 more subpostmaster cases to Court of Appeal and asks government to review private prosecution powers</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484163/Government-investigation-into-Horizon-scandal-bares-teeth">Select committee chair writes to former Post Office CEO demanding answers over her role in IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484483/Anger-as-government-launches-pathetic-and-pointless-review-of-Horizon-scandal">The government has been accused of launching a review that fails in getting to the bottom of one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484566/Subpostmasters-will-not-cooperate-with-government-review-into-IT-scandal">Subpostmasters will not cooperate with government review into IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484647/Blow-to-Government-review-of-Post-Office-scandal-as-key-forensic-accountants-refuse-to-support-it">The government’s proposed review of the Post Office IT scandal has received a further setback as forensic accountants join subpostmasters in refusing to back it</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484776/Select-committee-chair-demands-sharper-teeth-for-review-of-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Call for government review of Post Office Horizon scandal to have the power to force individuals to give evidence under oath</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484917/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-victims-keep-pressure-on-governments-doorstep">Subpostmasters seeking justice in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal are regaining momentum in Parliament</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252484963/Care-Quality-Commission-to-discuss-concerns-over-Paula-Vennells-NHS-role">Healthcare regulator will be discussing concerns about former NHS boss chairing an NHS trust at an upcoming meeting</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485110/Firm-that-investigated-controversial-Post-Office-IT-system-to-support-criminal-conviction-appeals">Second Sight is working with law firm in appeals by subpostmasters against criminal convictions in Horizon IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485190/Former-Post-Office-CEO-and-Fujitsu-play-the-blame-game-in-Horizon-IT-scandal">Post Office and Fujitsu blame each other for many of the failings in the Horizon IT scandal that wrecked lives</a>.</li> <li>June 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485328/MPs-to-examine-fairness-of-private-prosecutions-in-light-of-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Parliamentary Justice Committee to hold short inquiry into the rules and regulations surrounding private organisations’ ability to initiate criminal proceedings</a>.</li> <li>July 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252485826/Post-Office-scandal-victims-have-days-to-raise-thousands-of-pounds-or-perpetrators-go-scot-free">Victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal need to raise thousands of pounds in a week or those responsible for their suffering will avoid scrutiny</a>.</li> <li>July 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252486099/Subpostmasters-hit-funding-target-to-prevent-government-burying-IT-scandal">The government is set to face scrutiny over its involvement in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in modern UK history</a>.</li> <li>September 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252488725/Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal-victims-face-long-fight-as-government-digs-heels-in">The government repeats that it won’t pay victims’ legal costs and confirms review into the scandal will not have the power to call witnesses</a>.</li> <li>September 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252489777/Subpostmasters-still-in-the-dark-about-live-Horizon-errors">Subpostmasters still not being told about all the known errors in the controversial Post Office branch accounting and retail system that they use</a>.</li> <li>October 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252489999/Justice-for-subpostmasters-as-wrongful-criminal-convictions-are-set-to-be-quashed">The Post Office has chosen not to contest 44 out of 47 appeals, meaning most are likely to have their names cleared, but others still face a Court of Appeal battle for justice</a>.</li> <li>October 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490154/Government-deaf-to-loud-calls-for-statutory-public-inquiry-into-Post-Office-scandal">MPs are demanding the government holds a full statutory public inquiry into the Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490276/Care-Quality-Commissions-enquiries-into-IT-scandal-CEO-continue">NHS regulator continues enquiries about the appointment of former Post Office CEO at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as more damning details emerge</a>.</li> <li>October 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490447/Government-ministers-plea-for-subpostmasters-to-take-part-in-review-of-IT-scandal-rejected">Government minister met with former subpostmaster online in an attempt to get victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal involved in government review</a>.</li> <li>October 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490580/Post-Office-races-to-solve-IT-error-under-gaze-of-public-and-banks">The Post Office is focusing urgently on fixing an IT error suffered by a subpostmaster amid the ongoing IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490795/Labour-shares-subpostmaster-concerns-over-whitewash-Horizon-IT-inquiry">Labour politicians are calling for the government to give the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry the power to force witnesses to give evidence if they don’t cooperate</a>.</li> <li>October 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252490996/NHS-trust-takes-another-look-at-its-appointment-of-IT-scandal-CEO">Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has asked for external review of its process when appointing controversial executive</a>.</li> <li>November 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252491520/Subpostmasters-complaint-about-government-begins-its-journey-to-Parliamentary-Ombudsman">Government faces scrutiny of its handling of the Post Office IT scandal that destroyed subpostmasters’ lives and livelihoods</a>.</li> <li>November 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252491681/Post-Office-Horizon-system-crashes-nationally">Post Office branches offline during busy business hours after suffering an IT error that the Post Office said related to IT from supplier Fujitsu</a>.</li> <li>November 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252491906/Lack-of-openness-on-Horizon-errors-remains-as-Fujitsu-refuses-to-explain-latest-outage">Fujitsu is refusing to explain what caused a national system outage in Post Office branches last week, despite the Post Office confirming the issue was the fault of the supplier</a>.</li> <li>November 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492031/Police-open-criminal-investigation-into-potential-perjury-by-Fujitsu-staff-in-Post-Office-IT-trial">The Metropolitan Police opens criminal investigation into Fujitsu staff who gave evidence in trials of subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted and even imprisoned for financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>November 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492118/Post-Office-explanation-of-IT-system-outage-so-vague-it-is-pointless">Post Office criticised over vagueness of its explanation of the cause of a UK-wide IT failure that saw subpostmasters unable to do business</a>.</li> <li>November 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492186/Botched-software-update-to-blame-for-Horizon-crash">Post Office says planned firmware update caused the problem that left branches unable to do business for 90 minutes</a>.</li> <li>November 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492350/Fujitsu-staff-under-investigation-for-potential-perjury-in-Post-Office-IT-trial-named">Court documents reveal the names of the Fujitsu employees under investigation for potentially providing misleading information in criminal trials</a>.</li> <li>November 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492495/Subpostmasters-want-300m-from-a-government-that-allowed-Post-Office-reign-of-terror">The government allowed the Post Office to ‘run amok’ and destroy lives, says complaint to Parliamentary Ombudsman</a>.</li> <li>November 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492572/Post-Office-accused-of-lying-and-potentially-being-in-contempt-of-Parliament-in-IT-scandal">Campaigning politician demands access to documents that could prove that the Post Office lied</a>.</li> <li>December 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252492923/Government-covers-its-ears-as-complaint-by-victims-of-Post-Office-abuse-heads-to-ombudsman">Government denies responsibility for the abuse inflicted on subpostmasters by the Post Office over faulty IT system</a>.</li> <li>December 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493199/Post-Office-IT-scandal-CEO-Paula-Vennells-jumps-NHS-ship-as-pressure-mounts">CEO at the centre of the scandal that saw innocent people bankrupted and some sent to prison steps down from NHS role as pressure for her resignation grows</a>.</li> <li>December 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493522/History-made-as-subpostmasters-wrongly-prosecuted-in-Horizon-IT-scandal-have-convictions-quashed">History made as subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted in Horizon IT scandal have convictions quashed</a>.</li> <li>December 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493521/Appointment-of-disgraced-former-Post-Office-executive-at-Welsh-FA-questioned-by-MP">The appointment of a former Post Office executive, who tried to mislead a judge, in the Football Association of Wales has been questioned by an MP</a>.</li> <li>December 2020: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252493818/Post-Office-suffers-latest-court-defeat-in-Horizon-IT-scandal">Court of Appeal indicates subpostmasters can pursue appeal route that could do more damage to Post Office’s reputation</a>.</li> <li>January 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252494402/NHS-trust-says-appointment-processes-robust-despite-criticism-of-role-for-Post-Office-scandal-CEO">NHS trust defends its director appointment process following an external review of its recruitment of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells</a>.</li> <li>January 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252495079/IT-scandal-exposes-legal-rule-that-made-it-easy-for-Post-Office-to-prosecute-the-innocent">Lawyers call for changes to digital evidence rule that made it easier for the Post Office to ‘bamboozle courts’ and make subpostmasters pay a heavy price for its IT failings</a>.</li> <li>January 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252495097/More-subpostmasters-prosecutions-sent-to-appeal-for-wrongful-conviction">The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has referred four more subpostmasters’ criminal convictions to appeal, as part of the biggest miscarriage of justice in modern UK history</a>.</li> <li>February 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496560/Fujitsu-bosses-knew-about-Post-Office-Horizon-IT-flaws-says-insider">A former senior developer who worked for Fujitsu on the Post Office IT system that led to subpostmasters being falsely accused of fraud, has claimed bosses knew of fundamental flaws before going live</a>.</li> <li>February 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496767/Subpostmaster-group-calls-for-prime-minister-to-pause-Horizon-whitewash-inquiry">Subpostmasters call for Boris Johnson to pause and reshape the government’s Horizon inquiry</a>.</li> <li>February 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252496823/Appointment-of-disgraced-former-Post-Office-director-triggers-vote-of-no-confidence-in-Welsh-FA-boss">Vote of no confidence in Football Association of Wales boss triggered by recruitment of former Post Office executive who tried to mislead a judge in IT trial</a>.</li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497419/Government-to-change-unfair-private-prosecutions-used-to-prosecute-innocent-subpostmasters">Government agrees to change private prosecution rules that were abused by the Post Office in its pursuit of subpostmasters wrongly accused of financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497511/Prime-Minister-yet-to-respond-to-serious-subpostmaster-concerns-over-Horizon-IT-scandal-inquiry">Subpostmaster victims who have spent millions bringing the Post Office IT scandal to light have received no reply to their concerns from Boris Johnson</a>.</li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497573/Governments-refusal-of-freedom-of-information-request-about-Post-office-deeply-concerning">MP condemns department’s ‘bizarre’ rejection of freedom of information request linked to Post Office IT scandal</a>. </li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497583/Welsh-FA-boss-linked-to-recruitment-of-controversial-former-Post-Office-executive-to-step-down">Football Association Wales boss steps down after losing confidence motion triggered by appointment of an executive involved in the Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252497665/Potential-miscarriages-of-justice-of-Scottish-subpostmasters-move-to-full-review">The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) is reviewing five cases of potential miscarriage of justice in relation to subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498067/Subpostmasters-in-Court-of-Appeal-to-end-20-year-torment">Subpostmasters heading to Court of Appeal to clear their names in what is potentially the biggest miscarriage of justice in English legal history</a>.</li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498087/Government-to-bail-out-Post-Office-which-cant-afford-to-pay-compensation-to-subpostmasters">The Post Office does not have enough money to pay compensation to the subpostmasters it wrongfully prosecuted</a>.</li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498141/Post-Office-IT-scandal-executive-forced-out-of-job-at-Football-Association-of-Wales">Angela van den Bogerd has left her role at the Football Association of Wales, following criticism of her part in Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498245/Post-Office-staff-instructed-to-shred-documents-that-undermined-its-claims-Horizon-was-robust">Court of Appeal hearing reveals Post Office instructed employees to destroy documents that undermined an insistence that its Horizon computer system was robust</a>.</li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498341/Post-Office-was-told-in-2013-that-Fujitsu-witness-was-unreliable-in-subpostmaster-prosecutions">The Post Office was warned that a former Fujitsu employee had misled courts when giving evidence on its behalf</a>.</li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498358/Prime-Minister-says-people-should-be-held-to-account-for-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Boris Johnson agrees with MP that those responsible for the Post Office Horizon scandal should be brought to book</a>.</li> <li>March 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498388/Ex-Post-Office-CEO-Paula-Vennells-walked-away-from-IT-scandal-with-over-400,000-in-pay-and-bonuses">Former Post Office chief was paid over £400,000 when she left despite the organisation being involved in what would become the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>April 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498409/Government-faces-judicial-review-into-plans-for-Post-Office-Horizon-inquiry">The UK government faces a potential judicial review over its Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry, after subpostmasters formally wrote to the government seeking one</a>.</li> <li>April 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498901/Demands-for-changes-to-barmy-rules-on-digital-evidence-have-governments-ear">The government is listening to calls for changes in how digital evidence is considered in court, as Post Office IT scandal spells out current rule’s inadequacy</a>.</li> <li>April 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252498971/Post-Office-gives-controversial-Fujitsu-contract-another-year">The Post Office’s controversial contract with Fujitsu has been extended another year to help the organisation manage its exit</a>.</li> <li>April 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499045/Post-Office-Horizon-contract-extension-is-part-of-project-to-bring-Fujitsu-work-in-house">The Post Office is to move work done by Fujitsu in-house when its outsourcing contract ends, and is already recruiting IT experts</a>.</li> <li>April 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499238/End-of-the-road-for-Post-Office-IT-system-that-destroyed-lives">The Post Office has revealed the end to its controversial Horizon IT system which, through its errors and the Post Office’s denial of them, caused huge suffering</a>.</li> <li>April 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499377/Only-Government-standing-in-the-way-of-fair-compensation-for-subpostmasters">The UK government is the only block to fair compensation for subpostmasters who were wrongly punished for accounting shortfalls</a>.</li> <li>April 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499723/Post-Office-scandal-victims-have-criminal-convictions-overturned-in-Court-of-Appeal">The Court of Appeal has overturned the criminal convictions of 39 subpostmasters who were blamed and punished for accounting shortfalls caused by computer errors</a>.</li> <li>April 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499778/Post-Office-scandal-CEO-steps-down-from-roles-after-massive-miscarriage-of-justice-is-laid-bare">Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells has left roles in the church, Morrisons and Dunelm after postmasters’ convictions were overturned in the Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>April 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252499806/Another-38-subpostmasters-submit-appeals-against-convictions">The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is set to get bigger as more subpostmasters take their cases to the Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500167/Post-Office-CEO-either-knew-what-was-going-on-in-Horizon-scandal-or-was-asleep-at-the-wheel">Post Office IT scandal CEO has no excuse for her inaction in preventing the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history, says Criminal Cases Review Commission chairperson</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500232/Post-Office-dishonesty-in-Horizon-scandal-is-reason-enough-for-statutory-public-inquiry">Subpostmasters, MPs and the public call for a full statutory judge-led public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal, following another damning court judgment</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500395/Minister-promises-fair-and-speedy-compensation-for-555-subpostmasters-who-defeated-Post-Office">Government says it wants to ensure a fair pay-out for the 555 subpostmasters who defeated the Post Office in a legal battle</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500406/Post-Office-contacts-over-500-subpostmasters-potentially-wrongly-prosecuted-for-financial-crimes">The Post Office has contacted hundreds of people it might have wrongly prosecuted for financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500460/Miscarriages-of-justice-are-the-potent-tip-of-Post-Office-scandal">The miscarriages of justice involving subpostmasters are the most disturbing element of the Post Office Horizon scandal – but it goes much deeper</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500646/Fujitsu-bags-3bn-in-public-sector-contracts-while-software-errors-wreck-the-lives-of-subpostmasters">The supplier at the centre of the Post Office Horizon scandal has so far escaped the ramifications of its role in the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252500762/More-former-subpostmasters-have-criminal-convictions-quashed">Another two former subpostmasters have had their convictions for financial crimes overturned, following a hearing in Southwark Crown Court</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501013/Post-Office-Horizon-inquiry-set-to-be-given-statutory-status-with-wider-powers">The government inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal is set to be made statutory with the power to compel witnesses and evidence</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501082/Nothing-off-the-table-in-statutory-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry">The government confirmed that the inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal will be given statutory status and wider scope</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501128/Subpostmaster-campaign-group-to-meet-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-chair">The Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance has agreed to meet the former judge heading up the inquiry into the Post Office scandal that ruined the lives of hundreds of subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501399/Its-a-good-day-when-we-refer-a-case-CCRC-tells-MPs-during-review-of-Post-Office-prosecutions">Criminal Cases Review Commission will not allow pressure on its resources to prevent subpostmasters seeking a review of their criminal convictions</a>.</li> <li>May 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501510/BCS-demands-reform-to-rules-on-computer-evidence-following-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-revelations">Professional IT body wants changes to how computer evidence is used in court in the wake of the Post Office case</a>.</li> <li>June 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252501656/Post-Office-scandal-public-inquiry-finally-begins-after-chances-to-address-problems-were-missed">The Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry begins with subpostmaster campaign group waiting for full details before committing its support</a>.</li> <li>June 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252502056/Did-government-allow-Post-Office-to-sack-forensic-accountants-to-cover-up-Horizon-scandal">Whatever the Post Office told government about its decision to sack investigators examining subpostmaster prosecutions for theft could identify if the government was part of a cover-up</a>.</li> <li>June 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252502738/Post-Office-pays-400-subpostmasters-compensation-for-losses-caused-by-computer-errors">The Post Office has so far compensated about 400 subpostmasters who suffered losses as a result of computer errors that they were wrongly blamed for</a>.</li> <li>July 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503399/Ten-more-former-subpostmasters-set-to-have-wrongful-convictions-overturned">Another 10 subpostmasters are set to have their criminal convictions quashed as part of one of the biggest miscarriage of justice in British history</a>.</li> <li>July 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503752/Government-commitment-to-Post-Office-Horizon-victims-was-a-false-promise">The government has made no contact with subpostmasters two months after it said it would work with them to ensure they get speedy and fair compensation</a>.</li> <li>July 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503844/Taxpayers-will-have-to-pay-at-least-300m-to-bail-out-Post-Office-after-scandal">The cost of a scheme set up to compensate subpostmasters who were victims of the Horizon IT scandal will exceed £300m</a>.</li> <li>July 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252504363/Government-to-fund-interim-compensation-of-up-to-100000-for-each-wrongly-convicted-subpostmaster">The government will pay interim compensation within weeks to subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted of crimes due to computer errors</a>.</li> <li>August 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505156/Four-more-subpostmasters-set-to-have-convictions-overturned">A further four subpostmasters are set to have their wrongful convictions overturned in the latest development in the Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>August 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505410/Overturned-convictions-of-subpostmasters-mount-up-but-555-victims-no-closer-justice">The government has failed to provide fair compensation to the subpostmasters who exposed the full extent of the Horizon scandal to the world</a>.</li> <li>August 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506031/Subpostmasters-demand-more-clarity-on-Horizon-public-inquiry-before-committing-their-support">Subpostmasters demand more clarity on Horizon public inquiry before committing their support</a>.</li> <li>September 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506632/CCRC-refers-six-more-subpostmaster-convictions-for-appeal">Six more subpostmaster convictions referred for appeal in Post Office IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>September 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252506647/Government-Minister-holds-secret-meeting-with-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-victims">Government minister holds secret meeting with Post Office Horizon scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>October 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252508099/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-inquiry-announces-first-public-hearing">The public inquiry into a scandal that saw subpostmasters imprisoned after being blamed for accounting shortfalls will hold its first public hearing early next month</a>.</li> <li>October 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252508541/Post-Office-board-appalling-short-sighted-and-partisan-said-Minister-researching-Horizon-project">A government minister investigating the controversial Horizon IT project in 2000 described the Post Office board of directors as ‘appalling, short-sighted and partisan’</a>.</li> <li>November 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509066/Fujitsu-escaped-huge-lawsuit-because-Post-Office-behaved-so-badly-in-Horizon-scandal">The behaviour of Post Office senior management during the Horizon scandal was so egregious that the supplier of the faulty software has escaped a large financial penalty</a>.</li> <li>November 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509113/Police-interview-former-Fujitsu-staff-for-second-time-in-potential-perjury-investigation">Former Fujitsu staff who gave evidence in subpostmaster trials have been questioned by police for a second time</a>.</li> <li>November 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509150/Number-of-subpostmasters-appealing-convictions-reaches-137-at-one-legal-firm">Former subpostmasters convicted of crimes based on data from error-prone Post Office computer system continue to embark on appeals</a>.</li> <li>November 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509242/Government-and-Post-Office-should-stop-discussing-Horizon-victim-compensation-and-pay-it">The first hearing in the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry hears why victims should be paid compensation immediately</a>.</li> <li>November 2021:<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509479/Convictions-of-eight-former-subpostmasters-in-Scotland-under-review">The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission is investigating eight potential miscarriages of justice linked with faulty Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>November 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509618/Post-Office-agrees-to-share-privileged-legal-information-with-Horizon-scandal-inquiry">The Post Office will waive professional legal privilege for documents relating to legal advice it received regarding subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>November 2021 <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509696/Six-more-former-subpostmasters-have-convictions-overturned">A total number of 65 subpostmasters have now had criminal convictions overturned in Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>November 2021 <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509817/Subpostmasters-asked-to-remove-support-for-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry">Subpostmasters asked to withdraw support for Post Office scandal inquiry</a>.</li> <li>November 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252509860/More-wrongful-convictions-overturned-in-Post-Office-scandal">Seven more subpostmasters have been cleared after the Post Office charged them for crimes caused by its faulty Horizon software</a>.</li> <li>November 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510062/Post-Office-supported-1999-law-change-that-eased-prosecutions-using-computer-evidence">The Post Office made clear its support for a change in UK law regarding computer evidence that was making prosecution ‘onerous’ – a change which later helped to wrongfully convict subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>November 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510083/Post-Office-Inquiry-clears-up-opaque-stance-on-subpostmaster-compensation">The chair of the Post Office scandal public inquiry has confirmed the compensation of a group of subpostmasters will be revisited</a>.</li> <li>December 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510928/Government-must-go-further-after-agreeing-to-pay-compensation-for-wrongly-convicted-subpostmasters">Government must go further after agreeing to pay compensation for wrongly convicted subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>December 2021: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511005/Pressure-on-government-to-pay-fair-compensation-to-subpostmasters-left-out-of-current-schemes">Pressure on government to pay fair compensation to subpostmasters left out of current schemes</a>.</li> <li>January 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511716/MPs-call-for-fair-compensation-for-excluded-victims-of-Post-Office-scandal">Almost 100 MPs have backed a call for the government to reverse its decision to exclude 555 subpostmasters from fair compensation</a>.</li> <li>January 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511844/Post-Office-cant-access-records-of-all-money-paid-to-it-by-victims-of-the-Horizon-scandal">A parliamentary select committee was told that the Post Office is unable to access information to accurately calculate compensation for some Horizon scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>January 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512010/Post-Office-received-1bn-taxpayer-subsidy-last-year-as-part-of-IT-scandal-compensation">The Post Office received subsidies worth over £1bn last year, including a £685m payment just last month, in a scheme labelled Post Office Historical Matters Compensation</a>.</li> <li>January 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512095/Government-widens-subpostmaster-miscarriage-of-justice-compensation">Government widens subpostmaster miscarriage of justice compensation scheme in Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512243/Government-has-nothing-against-paying-555-subpostmasters-fair-compensation">Government officials are open to finding a way to properly compensate victims of the Horizon scandal without setting a dangerous legal precedent</a>.</li> <li>January 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512410/Subpostmaster-campaign-group-to-meet-government-over-unfair-compensation-settlement">The subpostmaster campaign group responsible for exposing the Post Office Horizon scandal is to meet with the government to discuss fair compensation for their suffering</a>.</li> <li>January 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512465/Demands-on-Fujitsu-to-contribute-to-1bn-Horizon-scandal-compensation-costs">Fujitsu cannot hide away as taxpayers pick up the bill for the Post Office scandal triggered by its IT system, say peers</a>.</li> <li>February 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512882/Cack-handed-government-compensation-scheme-prolongs-suffering-of-Horizon-scandal-victims">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal are being denied the millions of pounds they are owed as the government delays compensation resolution</a>.</li> <li>February 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513159/Post-Office-scandal-victims-to-tell-their-stories-in-public">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal are due to tell their devastating stories to the statutory inquiry</a>.</li> <li>February 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513492/MPs-demand-urgent-compensation-for-Post-Office-scandal-victim-group">MPs are demanding urgent action by the government to provide full compensation to a group of 555 Post Office Horizon scandal victims who have so far been left out</a>.</li> <li>February 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513544/The-British-public-are-waking-up-to-the-scandal-that-happened-under-their-noses">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have been suffering in silence for many years, but the current public inquiry is giving them a voice, and people are listening</a>.</li> <li>February 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513687/Horizon-inquiry-questioning-raises-hopes-of-fair-compensation-for-victims-so-far-left-out">Horizon inquiry questioning raises hopes of fair compensation for victims so far left out</a>.</li> <li>February 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513934/Government-set-to-backtrack-on-untenable-position-on-subpostmaster-compensation">Government set to backtrack on untenable position on subpostmaster compensation</a>.</li> <li>March 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252514110/Post-Office-warned-of-software-flaw-in-2006-but-failed-to-alert-subpostmaster-network">The Post Office and Fujitsu failed to alert subpostmasters to a software error that caused them to be wrongly blamed for accounting shortfalls</a>.</li> <li>March 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252514320/Horizon-scandal-inquiry-hearing-sheds-light-on-Subpostmaster-federations-role-in-hushing-up-IT">Horizon inquiry hearing sheds light on subpostmaster federation’s role in hushing up IT problems</a>.</li> <li>March 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252514929/555-subpostmasters-to-get-fair-compensation-after-government-U-turn">555 subpostmasters to get fair compensation after government U-turn on its stance on High Court settlement</a>.</li> <li>March 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252515319/Compensation-goal-finally-in-sight-for-555-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Compensation goal finally in sight for 555 Post Office scandal victims, after 13 year campaign</a>.</li> <li>April 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252515504/Fujitsu-bags-430m-government-contracts-despite-rising-cost-of-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal">Fujitsu bags £430m government contracts despite rising cost of Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>April 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516173/More-Scottish-subpostmaster-conviction-reviews-expected-as-part-of-Post-Office-scandal">The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission expects more subpostmasters with potential wrongful convictions to come forward</a>.</li> <li>April 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516273/Post-Office-scandal-victims-still-waiting-for-compensation-a-year-after-convictions-overturned">Former subpostmasters who were wrongfully convicted and punished for crimes have not yet received full compensation over a year after their convictions were overturned</a>.</li> <li>April 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516388/Police-question-former-Fujitsu-worker-again-in-Post-Office-scandal-perjury-investigation">A former Fujitsu worker has been questioned under caution for the third time as police investigate potential perjury in trials of subpostmasters wrongfully convicted of financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>May 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516635/Post-Office-scandal-CEO-could-be-stripped-of-CBE">Paula Vennells could be stripped of her CBE as the Honours Forfeiture Committee commits to reconsider its award in the light of the Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>May 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252516675/Judicial-intervention-inevitable-as-Post-Office-compensation-valuation-falls-short">Lawyer negotiating compensation for victims of Post Office scandal says the two sides are ‘poles apart’ on valuations</a>.</li> <li>May 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252517922/Post-Office-scandal-victims-in-Scotland-to-tell-their-stories-raising-questions-of-law">Inquiry into Post Office scandal moves to Scotland, with differences in English and Scottish law raising further serious questions about subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>May 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252517997/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-chair-brings-forward-urgent-compensation-hearings">The chair of the Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry has brought forward hearings about compensation as victims warn that at this rate “people will die” before they get anything</a>.</li> <li>May 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252518010/CCRC-to-contact-88-more-former-subpostmasters-with-potentially-wrongful-convictions">The Criminal Cases Review Commission is to contact 88 more potentially wrongfully convicted Post Office workers</a>.</li> <li>May 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252518282/Controversial-Post-Office-IT-system-to-be-replaced-by-2025">The Post Office Horizon IT system at the centre of a national scandal will be replaced by 2025, with a supplier expected to be named in August</a>.</li> <li>May 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252518299/Post-Office-scandal-victim-calls-for-governments-role-in-silencing-victims-to-be-investigated">Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal in Scotland raise further questions about Post Office and government conduct</a>.</li> <li>May 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252520527/Government-has-no-plans-to-review-controversial-court-rules-on-computer-evidence">Government accused of ‘passing the buck’ and ‘not knowing what it is talking about’ after stating it has no plans to review court rules on computer evidence</a>.</li> <li>May 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252520682/The-barristers-that-broke-their-backs-to-break-the-Post-Offices-shield-of-lies">Computer Weekly spoke to the barristers at Henderson Chambers that fought the Post Office in the High Court to expose the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>June 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252521309/More-wrongful-convictions-quashed-in-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Two more Post Office Horizon scandal victims have had their wrongful convictions overturned</a>.</li> <li>June 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252521718/Minister-says-compensation-offer-to-555-subpostmasters-close">The 555 subpostmasters who exposed the depth of the Post Office Horizon scandal could finally be fairly compensated</a>.</li> <li>June 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252521791/Post-Office-IT-investigator-to-be-released-from-confidentiality-obligations-for-inquiry">Forensic accounting firm that ‘knows where the bodies are buried’ will be released from confidentiality obligations by the Post Office to give evidence to public inquiry</a>.</li> <li>June 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252522193/Independent-scrutiny-brought-into-compensation-negotiations-for-wrongly-prosecuted-subpostmasters">Lawyers negotiating the compensation valuations for former subpostmasters who suffered wrongful convictions have brought in independent judicial scrutiny to break an impasse</a>.</li> <li>June 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252522141/Subpostmaster-campaigning-forces-government-to-set-up-compensation-scheme-and-make-interim-payments">Subpostmaster campaign group is a step closer to achieving what it was originally set up to do as government launches compensation scheme for its members who did not receive fair payouts</a>.</li> <li>July 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252523126/Six-more-subpostmaster-convictions-overturned">More former subpostmasters have their wrongful convictions for theft and fraud overturned in the Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>July 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252523143/Post-Office-attacked-subpostmasters-who-questioned-Horizon-say-victims">When the Post Office’s lie about the Horizon system failed to silence subpostmaster critics, it took more extreme measures, say victims of the scandal</a>.</li> <li>September 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252524481/Police-interview-Horizon-scandal-victim-in-investigation-into-potential-perjury-by-Fujitsu-staff">The Met Police have interviewed a former subpostmaster as part of an investigation into potential perjury by former Fujitsu staff</a>.</li> <li>September 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252525291/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-chair-intervenes-in-slow-compensation-progress">Chair of statutory public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has aired his disappointment over the slow progress in making interim payments to victims</a>.</li> <li>October 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252525926/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-restarts-with-call-for-a-pause-amid-disclosure-controversy?_ga=2.192509992.363987533.1665478652-286388731.1664962548&_gl=1*4vu0dy*_ga*Mjg2Mzg4NzMxLjE2NjQ5NjI1NDg.*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTY2NTc0MDc3NC4zOC4xLjE2NjU3NDU4NDkuMC4wLjA.">The public inquiry into the Post Office scandal has begun phase two with a request for adjournment amid allegations that the Post Office is failing to disclose relevant documents</a>.</li> <li>October 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526045/Those-responsible-for-subpostmaster-suffering-in-Horizon-scandal-must-face-public-inquiry">Victims demand that the perpetrators of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal face the public inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526102/Fujitsu-to-finally-face-up-to-blame-for-its-part-in-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal">Fujitsu’s part in causing the extreme suffering of subpostmasters will be made clear as the IT supplier begins giving evidence at a statutory inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526209/Subpostmaster-federation-failed-its-members-when-they-needed-it-most">A dereliction of duty saw subpostmaster federation ignore its members when IT problems hit and allowed the Post Office destroy their lives</a>.</li> <li>October 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526537/New-minister-asked-to-pause-Fujitsu-government-contracts">Politicians are keeping up the pressure to block government contracts being awarded to Fujitsu because of its role in the Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526542/Reported-Horizon-errors-should-have-been-show-stopper-public-inquiry-told">Problems reported with the Post Office’s Horizon IT system before its roll-out should have been regarded as a “show-stopper.”</a></li> <li>October 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526586/Horizon-system-EPOSS-code-writers-lacked-basic-programming-skills-public-inquiry-hears">Horizon system code writers lacked basic programming skills, according to the task force set up to investigate reported problems with the controversial software</a>.</li> <li>October 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526661/Post-Office-warned-of-Horizon-software-induced-tragedy-in-1999">T</a><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526661/Post-Office-warned-of-Horizon-software-induced-tragedy-in-1999">rials of the Horizon computer system in Post Office branches in 1999 led to a warning from subpostmasters that software problems meant “a tragedy was not far away”</a>.</li> <li>November 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526828/Game-of-hardball-in-Horizon-negotiations-left-subpostmasters-exposed-to-tragedy?_ga=2.132243406.1953818817.1667299299-286388731.1664962548&_gl=1*4o99gw*_ga*Mjg2Mzg4NzMxLjE2NjQ5NjI1NDg.*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTY2NzQ4NTg3OS4xMTIuMS4xNjY3NDg1OTg4LjAuMC4w">Game of ‘hardball’ in Horizon negotiations left subpostmasters exposed to tragedy</a>.</li> <li>November 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526883/Confirmation-bias-led-Post-Office-to-prosecute-subpostmasters-without-investigation-inquiry-told">Confirmation bias led Post Office to prosecute subpostmasters without investigation, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>November 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527040/Six-subpostmaster-convictions-referred-for-appeal-in-Scotland">SCCRC has referred six cases of potential wrongful convictions of subpostmasters to the High Court of Justiciary</a>.</li> <li>November 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527085/Fujitsu-expert-witness-in-subpostmaster-trial-manoeuvred-into-role-public-inquiry-told">Fujitsu expert witness in subpostmaster trial ‘manoeuvred’ into role, public inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>November 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527307/Post-Office-changed-view-of-Horizon-problems-before-roll-out-because-of-a-sunk-cost-fallacy">Post Office changed view of Horizon problems before roll-out, because of a ‘sunk cost fallacy’</a>.</li> <li>November 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527341/Team-working-on-controversial-Post-Office-Horizon-EPOSS-software-was-the-joke-of-the-building">Team working on controversial Post Office Horizon EPOSS software was the ‘joke of the building’</a>.</li> <li>November 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527436/Post-Office-scandal-inquirys-expert-IT-witness-troubled-by-his-findings">The Post Office IT scandal inquiry’s appointed expert IT witness was “troubled” by the lack of integrity of data from the Horizon system that was used to send people to prison</a>.</li> <li>November 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Fujitsu-put-pressure-on-UK-government-to-sign-off-troubled-Horizon-project-public-inquiry-hears">Telegram from British Embassy in Tokyo to UK government reveals pressure on ministers to sign off controversial contract</a>.</li> <li>November 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527837/Subpostmaster-federation-deliberately-kept-public-in-dark-over-computer-problems-secret">Subpostmaster federation deliberately kept public in dark over computer problems</a>.</li> <li>December 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527952/Post-Office-boosted-its-coffers-as-Horizon-system-threw-up-unexplained-shortfalls-inquiry-told">Post Office boosted its ‘coffers’ as Horizon system threw up unexplained shortfalls, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>December 2022:  <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528046/Post-Office-scandal-cock-up-or-cook-up">Post Office scandal – “cock-up or cook-up”?</a></li> <li>December 2022: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528356/Criminal-Cases-Review-Commission-calls-on-more-convicted-subpostmasters-to-come-forward">Criminal Cases Review Commission calls on more convicted subpostmasters to come forward</a>.</li> <li>January 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252528935/Former-subpostmaster-Alan-Bates-turns-down-OBE-offer">Former subpostmaster Alan Bates, who ‘pulled up trees and moved mountains’, turns down OBE offer</a>.</li> <li>January 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252529287/Advisory-board-goal-for-Post-Office-scandal-victims-to-be-returned-to-rightful-financial-position?amp=1">Advisory board goal for Post Office scandal victims to be returned to rightful financial position</a>.</li> <li>January 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365529814/Former-Fujitsu-staff-under-police-investigation-to-face-Post-Office-IT-scandal-inquiry">Former Fujitsu staff under police investigation to face Post Office IT scandal inquiry</a>.</li> <li>February 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365531937/Post-Offices-most-senior-executives-hushed-up-Horizon-errors-public-inquiry-told">Post Office’s most senior executives hushed up Horizon errors, public inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>March 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365532018/Post-Office-ditched-plan-to-replace-Fujitsu-with-IBM-in-2015-due-to-cost-and-project-concerns">Post Office attempted to replace controversial Horizon system 10 years ago, but was put off by project’s scale and cost</a>.</li> <li>March 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365532063/IT-worker-evidence-reveals-a-toxic-Post-Office-IT-helpdesk-that-discriminated-against-subpostmasters">IT worker tells public inquiry that the Post Office Horizon helpdesk was toxic, rudderless and racist</a>.</li> <li>March 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365532477/Subpostmaster-demands-names-of-Post-Office-executives-who-crushed-him-to-suffocate-truth">Subpostmaster demands names of Post Office executives who crushed him to suffocate truth</a>.</li> <li>April 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365534956/CCRC-says-door-open-for-more-reviews-of-subpostmaster-convictions">CCRC says ‘door open’ for more reviews of subpostmaster convictions</a>.</li> <li>April 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535112/Controversial-Fujitsu-contract-with-Post-Office-extended-after-technical-challenges-moving-to-cloud">The Post Office has extended a contract with Fujitsu after being unable to resolve technical issues related to migrating its IT to the cloud</a>.</li> <li>April 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535585/Post-Office-paid-IBM-millions-when-it-ended-proposed-contract-to-replace-Horizon">Post Office paid IBM millions when it ended proposed contract to replace Horizon</a>.</li> <li>April 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365535585/Post-Office-paid-IBM-millions-when-it-ended-proposed-contract-to-replace-Horizon">The Post Office ended a proposed contract with IBM to replace its controversial Horizon system after work had already started</a>.</li> <li>May 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366535953/More-Post-Office-software-related-convictions-take-total-to-86">More Post Office software-related convictions overturned takes total to 86</a>.</li> <li>May 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366537376/Fujitsu-staff-had-unrestricted-and-unauditable-remote-access-to-Post-Office-branch-systems">Fujitsu staff had ‘unrestricted and unauditable’ remote access to Post Office branch systems</a>.</li> <li>May 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366537341/Post-Office-lawyer-bragged-how-team-destroyed-attack-on-the-Horizon-system-and-put-woman-in-prison">Post Office lawyer bragged how team ‘destroyed attack on the Horizon system’ and put woman in prison</a>.</li> <li>May 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366537461/Post-Office-executive-produced-one-sided-report-giving-Horizon-system-a-false-bill-of-heath">Post Office executive told to report false bill of health on controversial software</a>.</li> <li>May 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366538153/Campaigning-former-subpostmaster-fears-compensation-for-scandal-victims-will-be-delayed-to-2025">Campaigning former subpostmaster fears compensation for scandal victims will be delayed to 2025</a>.</li> <li>May 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366538096/Post-Office-scandal-cover-up-a-dark-chapter-in-government-corporate-and-legal-history">Post Office scandal – cover-up a ‘dark chapter’ in government, corporate and legal history</a>.</li> <li>June 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366542414/Post-Office-will-not-oppose-potential-Horizon-conviction-appellants">Post Office CEO told MPs that the organisation is telling some subpostmasters it won’t oppose them if they appeal</a>.</li> <li>July 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366543482/Public-inquiry-hears-how-Post-Office-security-withheld-evidence-from-people-it-suspected-of-theft">Public inquiry hears how Post Office security withheld evidence from people it suspected of theft</a>.</li> <li>July 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366543715/Former-Fujitsu-IT-chief-evidence-postponed-after-late-Post-Office-disclosure">Former Fujitsu IT chief evidence postponed after late Post Office disclosure</a>.</li> <li>July 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544234/Post-Office-inquiry-must-examine-rule-on-IT-evidence-if-miscarriages-of-justice-are-to-be-avoided">Post Office inquiry must examine role of court rules around use of computer evidence that enabled it to prosecute innocent people</a>.</li> <li>July 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544394/Peer-calls-for-every-Post-Office-prosecution-to-be-reviewed">Peer calls for every Post Office prosecution to be reviewed</a>.</li> <li>July 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544317/Horizon-inquiry-adjourned-as-Post-Office-disclosure-failures-threaten-to-derail-proceedings">Horizon inquiry adjourned as Post Office disclosure failures threaten to ‘derail’ proceedings</a>.</li> <li>July 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544506/Horizon-inquiry-chief-threatens-Post-Office-with-criminal-sanctions-over-disclosure-failures">Horizon inquiry chief threatens Post Office with ‘criminal sanctions’ over disclosure failures</a>.</li> <li>July 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366544874/Subpostmaster-compensation-deadline-will-be-missed-warns-public-inquiry-chair">Subpostmaster compensation deadline will be missed, warns public inquiry chair</a>.</li> <li>July 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366545596/CCRC-refers-two-more-subpostmaster-conviction-for-appeal">CCRC refers two more subpostmaster convictions for appeal</a>.</li> <li>July 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366546032/Post-Office-tried-to-convince-independent-IT-witness-that-he-was-wrong-about-Horizon">Post Office tried to convince independent IT witness that he was wrong about Horizon</a>.</li> <li>August 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366548772/MP-calls-for-review-of-computer-evidence-rule-which-meant-subpostmasters-were-wrongly-convicted">MP calls for review of computer evidence rule which led to subpostmasters being wrongly convicted</a>.</li> <li>August 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366549452/Six-subpostmaster-appeals-to-be-heard-in-Scottish-court">Six subpostmaster appeals to be heard in Scottish court</a>.</li> <li>September 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552411/Post-Office-employee-changed-story-for-witness-statement-used-to-destroy-subpostmaster">Post Office employee changed story for witness statement used to destroy subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>September 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553492/Post-Office-had-no-interest-in-subpostmaster-welfare-when-taking-legal-action-says-Fujitsu-memo">Post Office had no interest in subpostmaster welfare when taking legal action, says Fujitsu memo</a>.</li> <li>September 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366552360/Government-offers-600000-to-subpostmasters-with-overturned-convictions">Government offers £600,000 to subpostmasters with overturned convictions</a>.</li> <li>September 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553454/Five-more-subpostmasters-have-IT-system-related-convictions-overturned">Five more subpostmasters have IT system-related convictions overturned</a></li> <li>October 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553642/Government-breached-privacy-of-Horizon-victims-with-compensation-offer-says-lawyer">Government ‘breached privacy’ of Horizon victims with compensation offer</a>.</li> <li>October 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553756/First-subpostmaster-Horizon-conviction-overturned-in-Scotland">First subpostmaster Horizon conviction overturned in Scotland</a>.</li> <li>October 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366554152/Amnesia-hides-names-of-individuals-behind-Post-Offices-head-on-a-spike-strategy">Amnesia hides names of individuals behind Post Office’s ‘head on a spike’ strategy</a>.</li> <li>October 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366555336/Angry-lawyer-warned-against-Post-Office-computer-investigation-in-2010-email">‘Angry’ lawyer warned against Post Office computer investigation in 2010 email</a>.</li> <li>October 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366555682/Former-Post-Office-executive-admits-he-wouldnt-sign-unfair-contract-he-pushed-on-subpostmasters">Former Post Office executive admits he wouldn’t sign unfair contract he pushed on subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>October 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366556296/Post-Office-auditors-presumed-subpostmasters-were-on-the-fiddle-or-in-a-muddle">Post Office auditors presumed subpostmasters were ‘on the fiddle’ or ‘in a muddle’</a>.</li> <li>October 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366556653/Taxpayers-to-fund-a-further-150m-for-Post-Office-IT-scandal">Bill for the scandal over £1bn, as campaign leader considers private prosecutions of Post Office executives</a>.</li> <li>November 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366558553/Post-Office-disclosure-failures-delay-Horizon-scandal-inquiry-again">Post Office disclosure failures delay Horizon scandal inquiry again</a>.</li> <li>November 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366558733/Former-Post-Office-manager-has-no-memory-of-preparing-witness-statement-in-legal-dispute">Former Post Office manager has no memory of preparing witness statement in legal dispute</a>.</li> <li>November 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366559812/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-postpones-more-key-witness-hearings">Post Office scandal inquiry postpones more key witness hearings</a>.</li> <li>November 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366560655/Controversial-Fujitsu-contract-with-Post-Office-extended-again">Controversial Fujitsu contract with Post Office extended again</a>.</li> <li>November 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561353/CCRC-refers-two-posthumous-subpostmaster-appeals-to-Crown-Court">CCRC refers posthumous appeals against convictions to Crown Court for first time</a>.</li> <li>November 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561493/Paulla-Vennells-email-fuelled-Post-Office-Horizon-cult-inquiry-told">Paula Vennells’ email fuelled Post Office Horizon cult, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>November 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561572/Slow-government-response-to-Post-Office-scandal-compensation-forces-new-legislation">Slow government response to Post Office scandal compensation forces new legislation</a>.</li> <li>December 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561574/Post-Office-lawyer-with-his-fingerprints-are-all-over-IT-scandal-spreads-blame">Post Office lawyer with his fingerprints all over IT scandal spreads blame</a></li> <li>December 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366562072/Undisclosed-document-could-reveal-pressure-on-Fujitsu-expert-witness-in-Post-Office-prosecution">Undisclosed document could reveal pressure on Fujitsu expert witness in Post Office prosecution</a>.</li> <li>December 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366562217/Money-at-heart-of-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-blame">Post Office prioritised its ‘bottom line’ over justice</a>.</li> <li>December 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366562653/Former-Post-Office-investigator-called-subpostmaster-campaigners-crooks">Former Post Office investigator called subpostmaster campaigners ‘crooks’</a>.</li> <li>December 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366563257/Current-Post-Office-executive-in-denial-of-Horizon-cover-up">Current Post Office executive in denial of Horizon cover-up</a>.</li> <li>December 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366563400/Government-advised-to-overturn-all-Post-Office-scandal-convictions">Government advised to overturn all Post Office scandal convictions</a>.</li> <li>December 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366563893/Government-reveals-its-own-slow-progress-in-compensating-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Government reveals its own slow progress in compensating Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>December 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366564035/No-hiding-place-for-those-responsible-for-Post-Office-Horizon-scandal">‘No hiding place’ for those responsible for Post Office Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>December 2023: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366564173/Post-Office-gets-government-handout-as-Horizon-replacement-costs-increase-significantly">Post Office gets government handout as Horizon replacement costs increase ‘significantly’</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565512/Metropolitan-Police-launches-second-criminal-investigation-in-Post-Office-scandal">Metropolitan Police launches second criminal investigation in Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565613/Post-Office-scandal-furore-is-moment-to-change-digital-evidence-rules">The current rules around digital evidence are partly to blame for the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565715/Fujitsu-gets-stay-of-execution-as-MPs-support-exoneration-of-wrongfully-convicted-subpostmasters">Fujitsu gets stay of execution as MPs support exoneration of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565752/Hero-subpostmaster-accuses-government-of-diversion-tactics-through-weaselly-statistics">‘Hero’ subpostmaster accuses government of diversion tactics through ‘weaselly’ statistics</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565720/How-Fujitsu-became-a-central-part-of-the-Post-Office-scandal">How Fujitsu became a central part of the Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366565784/Hundreds-of-subpostmasters-to-have-convictions-quashed-in-blanket-exoneration">The government has chosen to introduce legislation that will enable it to exonerate hundreds of subpostmasters as a group</a></li> <li>January 2024: <a href="file:///C:/Users/kflinders/Desktop/Working%20on/How%20legal%20disclosure%20failures%20disrupted%20the%20Post%20Office%20Horizon%20inquiry">How legal disclosure failures disrupted the Post Office Horizon inquiry</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566438/Fujitsu-morally-obliged-to-contribute-to-subpostmaster-financial-redress-amid-insane-delays">Fujitsu ‘morally obliged’ to contribute to subpostmaster financial redress amid ‘insane’ delays</a></li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566755/More-than-900-subpostmaster-convictions-wouldnt-have-happened-without-Post-Office-backed-law-change">More than 900 subpostmaster convictions wouldn’t have happened without Post Office-backed law change</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566772/Anger-sparked-by-TV-drama-forces-Fujitsu-to-put-public-sector-contract-bidding-on-hold">Anger sparked by TV drama forces Fujitsu to put public sector contract bidding on hold</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566859/Fujitsu-boss-describes-Post-Office-behaviour-as-shameful%20and%20appalling">Fujitsu boss describes Post Office behaviour as ‘shameful and appalling’</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566896/Fujitsu-boss-admits-to-missed-opportunities-to-prevent-miscarriages-of-justice">Fujitsu boss admits to missed opportunities to prevent miscarriages of justice</a> </li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366566896/Fujitsu-boss-admits-to-missed-opportunities-to-prevent-miscarriages-of-justice">Concerns of an expert witness in subpostmaster trials were ignored by Fujitsu</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567032/Urgent-question-asks-which-ministers-knew-of-Post-Offices-shocking-plan-to-remove-judge">Urgent question asks which ministers knew of Post Office’s shocking plan to remove judge</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567093/Fujitsu-agrees-to-support-former-subpostmasters-families-beyond-financial-redress">Fujitsu agrees to support former subpostmasters’ families beyond financial redress</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567433/Committee-chair-asks-minister-to-back-Mr-Bates-clause-in-Post-Office-compensation-legislation">Committee chair asks minister to back ‘Mr Bates clause’ in Post Office compensation legislation</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567874/Expert-IT-witness-outsmarted-an-aggressive-Post-Office-to-get-to-truth-after-inspection-madness">Expert IT witness outsmarted an ‘aggressive’ Post Office to get to truth after inspection ‘madness’</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568092/MP-demands-answers-from-government-minister-over-second-faulty-Post-Office-IT-system">MP demands answers from government minister over second faulty Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>January 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568333/Pre-Horizon-users-contacting-lawyers-as-more-Post-Office-IT-horror-stories-emerge">Pre-Horizon users contacting lawyers as more Post Office IT horror stories emerge</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568552/Government-dragging-it-out-by-refusing-to-share-knowledge-of-Post-Office-trial-delaying-tactic">Government ‘dragging it out’ by refusing to share knowledge of Post Office trial ‘delaying tactic’</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568812/People-are-now-listening-Post-Office-inquiry-told-as-latest-phase-ends">‘People are now listening’: Post Office inquiry told as latest phase ends</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568954/Post-Office-scandal-phase-fours-rogues-gallery">Post Office scandal: Phase four’s rogues’ gallery</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366569712/More-than-1000-subpostmasters-could-have-used-second-faulty-Post-Office-system">More than 1,000 subpostmasters could have used second faulty Post Office system</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal-inquiry-Two-years-of-shocking-revelations">Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry: Two years of shocking revelations</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366569873/Post-Office-CEO-refused-to-meet-government-minister-without-her-lawyer-after-2015-Horizon-report">Post Office CEO refused to meet government minister without her lawyer after 2015 Horizon report</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366570054/Post-Office-IT-insider-and-the-software-decision-that-lit-the-Horizon-scandal">Post Office IT insider and the software decision that lit the Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366570413/Controversial-Post-Office-Capture-system-was-developed-in-house">Controversial Post Office Capture system was developed in-house</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571076/Law-to-clear-hundreds-of-wrongfully-convicted-subpostmasters-expected-In-July?_gl=1*d95qqy*_ga*Nzg3MzQ4Njc1LjE3MDc4MTY3Njg.*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTcwODg4MzMxMC41Mi4xLjE3MDg4ODM5NjAuMC4wLjA.">Law to clear hundreds of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters expected in July</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366570712/Unisys-investigating-potential-involvement-in-controversial-Post-Office-system">Unisys investigating potential involvement in controversial Post Office system</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571135/King-Charles-strips-disgraced-Post-Office-CEO-of-her-CBE">King Charles strips disgraced Post Office CEO of her CBE</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571354/Post-Office-scandal-roundup-fourth-estate-in-full-throttle">Post Office scandal roundup: Fourth Estate in full throttle</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571394/Government-wont-rush-to-include-Post-Office-Capture-convictions-in-overturning-legislation">Government won’t rush to include Post Office Capture convictions in overturning legislation</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571363/Government-should-face-legal-deadlines-on-paying-Post-Office-victims">Government should face legal deadlines on paying Post Office victims</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571692/Pathetic-Post-Office-spat-detracts-attention-and-fuels-disdain-for-authority">‘Pathetic’ Post Office spat detracts attention and fuels ‘disdain’ for authority</a>.</li> <li>February 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571653/Post-Office-CEOs-Capture-investigation-claims-questioned">Post Office CEO’s claim to be ‘working hard’ on Capture investigation in doubt</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571913/MPs-demand-Fujitsu-be-nailed-down-on-financial-promise-to-Post-Office-scandal-victims">MPs demand Fujitsu be ‘nailed down’ on financial promise to Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366571992/Post-Office-staff-conspired-to-pervert-the-course-of-justice-says-KC">KC names Post Office staff he believes conspired to pervert the course of justice</a></li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572232/Perverting-course-of-justice-and-contempt-of-Parliament-a-week-in-post-drama-Post-Office-scandal">Perverting course of justice and contempt of Parliament: a week in post-drama Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572277/Post-Office-prosecutions-during-Horizon-go-live-phase-are-frightening">Post Office prosecutions during Horizon go-live phase are ‘frightening’</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572513/Brutal-decisions-required-to-sort-out-Post-Office-mess-says-select-committee-chair">‘Brutal’ decisions required to sort out Post Office mess, says select committee chair</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572633/MPs-call-for-Post-Office-exclusion-from-compensation-schemes-as-trust-hits-rock-bottom">MPs call for Post Office exclusion from compensation schemes, as trust hits rock bottom</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572692/Fujitsu-should-pay-half-of-Post-Office-scandal-costs-says-MP">Fujitsu should pay half of Post Office scandal costs, says select committee chair</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573252/Current-subpostmaster-account-shortfalls-reveal-extent-of-Post-Offices-pre-2019-neglect">Current subpostmaster account shortfalls reveal extent of Post Office’s pre-2019 neglect</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573392/Unprecedented-bill-to-exonerate-hundreds-of-wrongly-convicted-Post-office-workers-arrives">Unprecedented bill to exonerate hundreds of wrongly convicted Post Office workers arrives</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573533/Children-of-Post-Office-victims-form-group-to-hold-Fujitsu-boss-to-his-word">Children of Post Office victims to hold Fujitsu boss to his word</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366573602/Controversial-Post-Office-Capture-software-was-completely-rewritten-in-1994">Controversial Post Office Capture software was completely rewritten in 1994</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366574833/Post-Office-scandal-fallout-for-Fujitsu-could-open-UK-public-sector-to-Indian-giants">Post Office scandal fallout for Fujitsu could open UK public sector to Indian giants</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575033/Post-Office-Capture-users-campaign-gathers-pace">Post Office Capture users’ campaign for justice gathers pace</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575372/Sums-of-money-Post-Office-stole-from-subpostmasters-may-never-be-known">Sums of money Post Office ‘stole’ from subpostmasters may never be known</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575495/Leaked-comms-reveal-Fujitsu-eyeing-huge-UK-government-bounty-despite-Post-Office-scandal-promise">Leaked comms reveal Fujitsu eyeing huge UK government bounty</a>.</li> <li>March 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366575754/Remote-access-is-the-Post-Offices-known-unknown">Remote access is the Post Office’s known unknown</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366577734/Fujitsu-staff-instructed-how-to-bid-for-government-contracts-during-self-imposed-ban">Fujitsu staff instructed how to bid for government contracts during self-imposed ban</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366579492/Fujitsu-should-stop-bending-rules-stop-bidding-and-pay-up-says-MP">Fujitsu should stop bending rules, stop bidding and pay up, says MP</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366579713/Environment-Agency-dumps-Fujitsu-in-sign-of-Post-Office-scandal-taking-its-toll">Environment Agency dumps Fujitsu as Post Office scandal takes its toll</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366579994/MPs-will-grill-Cabinet-Office-over-Fujitsu-contract-bidding-pause">MPs will grill Cabinet Office over Fujitsu contract bidding pause</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580055/Some-former-Post-Office-staff-should-be-jailed-over-scandal-says-government-minister">Some former Post Office staff should be jailed over scandal, says government minister</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580033/Further-extension-to-controversial-Post-Office-contract-with-Fujitsu-inevitable">Further extension to controversial Post Office contract with Fujitsu inevitable</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580240/Civil-servants-more-to-blame-for-Post-Office-cover-up-than-ministers-says-Alan-Bates">Civil servants more to blame for Post Office cover-up than ministers, says Alan Bates</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580376/Subpostmasters-stealing-from-branches-didnt-make-sense-former-judge-tells-inquiry">Subpostmasters stealing from branches ‘didn’t make sense,’ former judge tells inquiry</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580532/Fujitsu-public-sector-contracts-dry-up-in-Post-Office-scandal-aftermath">Fujitsu public sector contracts dry up in Post Office scandal aftermath</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580442/Former-Post-Office-executives-neglect-prolonged-Horizon-reliability-myth">Former Post Office executive’s neglect prolonged Horizon reliability myth</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580563/Post-Office-boss-said-subpostmasters-had-hands-in-till-and-blamed-technology-for-missing-cash">Post Office boss said subpostmasters had hands in till and blamed technology</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580983/Alan%20Bates%20and%20JFSA%20won%E2%80%99t%20back%20down%20in%20fight%20with%20government%20and%20Post%20Office">Alan Bates and JFSA won’t back down in fight with government and Post Office</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366580983/Post-Office-boss-signed-off-hush-money-to-cover-up-smoking-gun">Post Office boss signed off hush money to cover up smoking gun</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581297/IT-expert-who-helped-expose-Post-Office-scandal-offers-to-investigate-second-controversial-system">IT expert who helped expose Post Office scandal offers to investigate second controversial system</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581519/Unisys-reveals-no-link-to-development-of-controversial-Post-Office-software">Unisys reveals no link to development of controversial Post Office software</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581672/Post-Office-lawyer-was-a-jack-of-all-trades-but-failed-his-own">Post Office lawyer was a jack of all trades, but failed his own</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581777/Fujitsu-UK-to-cut-UK-jobs-as-Post-Office-scandal-fallout-hits-sales">Fujitsu to cut UK jobs as Post Office scandal fallout hits sales</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581895/Expert-investigating-Capture-system-refuses-to-meet-untrustworthy-Post-Office">Expert investigating Capture system refuses to meet ‘untrustworthy’ Post Office</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366581954/Post-Office-boss-used-husbands-descriptions-in-Orwellian-ploy-to-downplay-Horizon-problems">Post Office boss used husband’s descriptions in ‘Orwellian’ ploy to downplay Horizon problems</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582013/Lords-debate-amendment-to-law-on-use-of-computer-evidence-in-light-of-Post-Office-scandal">Lords debate amendment to law on use of computer evidence in light of Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582214/More-evidence-emerges-that-Post-Office-executive-misled-High-Court-judge">More evidence emerges that Post Office executive misled High Court judge</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582332/Post-Office-lied-to-subpostmasters-when-forced-to-meet-them-says-former-federation-representative">Post Office ‘lied’ to subpostmasters when forced to meet them, says former federation representative</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582452/Post-Office-scheme-was-a-charade-that-never-intended-for-large-compensation-pay-outs">Post Office scheme was a ‘charade’ that never intended for large compensation pay-outs</a>.</li> <li>April 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582732/Post-Office-misjudged-campaigner-it-labelled-a-bluffer">Post Office misjudged campaigner it labelled a ‘bluffer’</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583159/Post-Office-investigators-saw-subpostmasters-as-enemies-and-thats-what-they-became">Post Office investigators saw subpostmasters as ‘enemies’ – and that’s what they became</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583452/Post-Office-legal-boss-withheld-details-from-statutory-body-reviewing-miscarriages-of-justice">Post Office legal boss withheld details from statutory body reviewing miscarriages of justice</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583303/Police-told-in-2016-that-Post-Office-prosecutor-withheld-evidence-of-Horizon-errors-from-court">Police told in 2016 that Post Office prosecutor withheld evidence of Horizon errors from court</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366583912/Fujitsus-Post-Office-Horizon-admission-was-bombshell-amid-religious-panic-over-reliability">Fujitsu Post Office system admission was ‘bombshell’ to barrister</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-explained-everything-you-need-to-know">Barrister says Post Office lawyers misled him over Horizon cases</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366584740/Scotlands-Post-Office-scandal-victims-to-be-exonerated-en-masse">Scotland’s Post Office scandal victims to be exonerated en masse</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585307/Comms-director-at-centre-of-cover-up-never-thought-Post-Office-were-the-baddies">Comms director at centre of cover-up never thought Post Office were the ‘baddies’</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366584810/Post-Office-IT-boss-failed-to-raise-concern-over-false-Horizon-statements">Post Office IT boss failed to raise concern over false Horizon statements</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585694/Post-Office-considered-asking-Computer-Weekly-to-review-Horizon-IT-system">Post Office considered asking Computer Weekly to review Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585733/Post-Office-CEO-Paula-Vennells-didnt-believe-there-were-miscarriages-of-justice-inquiry-told">Post Office CEO Paula Vennells ‘didn’t believe there were miscarriages of justice’</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585779/The-fall-from-grace-of-ex-priest-and-Post-Office-boss-Paula-Vennells">The fall from grace of ex-priest and Post Office boss Paula Vennells</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585812/Post-Office-directors-went-crawling-back-to-Fujitsu-when-IBM-project-got-complex">Post Office directors went crawling back to Fujitsu when IBM project got complex, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585863/You-knew-former-ally-accused-Paula-Vennells-of-knowing-about-Horizon-problems">‘You knew’: former ally accused Paula Vennells of knowing about Horizon problems</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586015/Third-police-probe-into-Post-Office-scandal-under-consideration">Third police probe into Post Office scandal under consideration</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586256/Government-was-aware-of-Post-Office-strategy-to-fight-subpostmasters">Government knew of Post Office plan to remove judge</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586242/Paula-Vennells-boasted-about-removing-Horizon-risk-reference-in-Royal-Mail-flotation-prospectus">Paula Vennells boasted about removing Horizon risk reference in Royal Mail flotation prospectus</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586358/Over-700-wrongful-subpostmaster-convictions-overturned-by-new-legislation">Over 700 subpostmasters exonerated by new legislation</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586398/Post-Office-scandal-Met-Police-investigation-set-to-go-national">Met Police investigation set to go national</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586399/Government-appoints-investigators-to-analyse-Post-Office-Capture-software-used-before-Horizon">Government appoints investigators to analyse Post Office Capture software used before Horizon</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366586814/Post-Office-Horizon-replacement-project-labelled-unachievable-as-taxpayer-bill-reaches-1bn">Post Office Horizon replacement project labelled ‘unachievable’ as taxpayer bill reaches £1bn</a>.</li> <li>May 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587174/Fujitsu-set-for-further-180m-deal-as-Post-Office-Horizon-replacement-delayed">Fujitsu set for further £180m deal as Post Office Horizon replacement delayed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587652/Post-Office-bosses-misled-subpostmasters-day-before-IT-project-problems-exposed">Post Office bosses misled subpostmasters a day before IT project problems were exposed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587793/Subpostmasters-consider-legal-action-against-government-in-pursuit-of-financial-redress">Subpostmasters may take legal action against government in pursuit of financial redress</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587816/Post-Office-chair-was-aware-of-Horizon-concerns-from-day-one">Post Office chair was aware of Horizon concerns from day one but failed to act</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587837/Mystery-Post-Office-software-developer-revealed-in-1995-Horizon-project-document">Mystery Post Office software developer revealed in 1995 Horizon project document</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366587935/Fujitsu-had-Post-Office-over-a-barrel-inquiry-told">Fujitsu had Post Office ‘over a barrel’, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588592/Post-Office-Capture-software-training-deficit-echoes-systemic-Horizon-problems">Post Office Capture software training deficit echoes systemic Horizon problems</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588662/IT-witness-hidden-away-from-Post-Office-court-battle-supported-it-from-shadows">IT witness was hidden away from Post Office court battle, but supported it from shadows</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588932/Post-Office-scandal-victims-in-Scotland-have-convictions-quashed">Post Office scandal victims in Scotland have convictions quashed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366588822/Once-ridiculed-Post-Office-scandal-campaigner-Alan-Bates-receives-knighthood">Once ridiculed Post Office scandal campaigner Alan Bates receives knighthood</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589578/Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-had-tense-relationship-but-were-joined-at-hip-when-protecting-their-brands">Post Office and Fujitsu had tense relationship, but were joined at hip when protecting their brands</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589422/Sir-Alan-Bates-hits-out-at-Post-Office-incompetence-after-data-breach">Sir Alan Bates hits out at Post Office ‘incompetence’ after data breach</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589716/Metropolitan-Police-set-to-investigate-one-of-its-own-staff-in-Post-Office-probe">Metropolitan Police could investigate one of its own staff in Post Office probe</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589563/Post-Office-expert-IT-witness-Gareth-Jenkins-resigns-BCS-membership">Post Office expert IT witness Gareth Jenkins resigns BCS membership</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589775/Numbers-prove-former-subpostmaster-federation-bosss-ignorance-over-Post-Office-scandal">Numbers prove former subpostmaster federation boss’s ignorance over Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366591596/Ignorance-of-legal-niceties-from-Post-Office-expert-IT-witness-saw-innocent-people-jailed">Ignorance of ‘legal niceties’ from Post Office expert IT witness saw innocent people jailed</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366590300/Experts-shocked-by-extraordinary-claim-made-by-Post-Office-IT-expert-witness">Experts shocked by ‘extraordinary’ claim made by Post Office IT expert witness</a>.</li> <li>June 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592093/Former-Fujitsu-engineer-says-Post-Office-trapped-him-into-giving-incomplete-evidence">Former Fujitsu engineer says Post Office ‘trapped’ him into giving incomplete evidence</a>.</li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592443/Former-Post-Office-chair-regrets-keeping-critical-Horizon-report-secret">Former Post Office chair ‘regrets’ keeping critical Horizon report secret</a>.</li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592775/Sir-Alan-Bates-welcomes-MPs-elevation-to-House-of-Lords">Sir Alan Bates welcomes MP’s elevation to House of Lords</a>.</li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592917/Government-left-monitoring-of-Post-Office-to-luck">Government left monitoring of Post Office to ‘luck’</a>.</li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366593212/Civil-servant-was-lone-voice-on-Post-Office-board-to-query-legal-plan-that-blew-taxpayers-cash">Civil servant was lone voice on Post Office board to query legal plan that blew taxpayers’ cash</a>.</li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366593732/Civil-servant-said-subpostmasters-threat-of-legal-action-was-sabre-rattling">Civil servant said subpostmasters’ threat of legal action was ‘sabre-rattling’</a></li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366593992/Fujitsu-analyst-gave-witness-statements-when-more-qualified-colleagues-refused">Fujitsu analyst gave witness statements when more qualified colleagues refused</a></li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596078/Government-trusted-abuser-over-the-abused-on-Post-Office-scandal">Government trusted ‘abuser’ over the abused on Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596372/Ed-Davey-and-Jo-Swinson-handled-by-civil-servants-in-Post-Office-cover-up-says-Sir-Alan-Bates">Ed Davey and Jo Swinson ‘handled’ by civil servants in Post Office cover-up, says Sir Alan Bates</a>.</li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596397/Former-minster-felt-she-was-fighting-department-over-Post-Office-controversy">Former minister felt she was fighting department over Post Office controversy</a>.</li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596559/Post-Office-acted-the-victim-and-civil-servants-abandoned-their-principles-says-former-minister">Post Office ‘acted the victim’ and civil servants ‘abandoned their principles’, says former minister</a>.</li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366598430/Vince-Cable-says-the-Post-Office-lied-to-the-government-over-Horizon-issues">Vince Cable says the Post Office ‘lied’ to the government over Horizon issues</a>.</li> <li>July 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366599254/Government-commits-at-least-540m-to-financial-redress-for-wrongfully-convicted-Post-Office-staff">Government commits at least £540m to financial redress for wrongfully convicted Post Office staff</a>.</li> <li>August 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366599673/Post-Office-scandal-Phases-5-and-6-had-islands-of-conscientiousness-in-great-depths-of-neglect">Post Office scandal: Phases 5 and 6 had islands of conscientiousness in great depths of neglect</a>.</li> <li>August 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366603062/Post-Office-brings-in-new-IT-chief-as-it-awaits-funding-for-Horizon-replacement">Post Office brings in new IT chief as it awaits funding for Horizon replacement</a>.</li> <li>August 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366605718/Post-Office-systems-crash-hits-collapsing-Horizon-system">Post Office systems crash hits ‘collapsing’ Horizon system</a>.</li> <li>August 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366608479/Post-Office-apologises-for-IT-problem-text-alert-that-was-never-sent">Post Office apologises for IT problem text alert that was never sent</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366609561/Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-malevolence-and-incompetence-means-huge-final-taxpayers-bill">Post Office and Fujitsu malevolence means huge taxpayers’ bill</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366609960/Post-Office-scandal-victims-given-route-to-appeal-unfair-financial-settlements">Post Office scandal victims given route to appeal unfair financial settlements</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366610126/Fujitsu-cuts-annual-staff-pay-rise-as-Post-Office-scandal-bites">Fujitsu UK staff won’t receive annual pay rise as Post Office scandal bites</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366609946/Under-pressure-Post-Office-botches-hardware-procurement-in-project-to-replace-error-prone-system">Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366610515/Government-receives-report-on-second-controversial-Post-Office-IT-system">Government receives report on second controversial Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366610815/Fujitsu-loses-50m-in-sales-after-Post-Office-scandal-furore">Fujitsu loses £50m in sales after Post Office scandal furore</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611132/Post-Office-chief-executive-Nick-Read-quits">Post Office chief executive Nick Read quits</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611257/Post-Office-scandal-victim-becomes-first-to-receive-600000-under-new-redress-scheme">Post Office scandal victim becomes first to receive £600,000 under new redress scheme</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611555/Post-Office-system-still-causing-unexplained-Horizon-shortfalls-for-half-of-subpostmasters">Post Office system still causing unexplained shortfalls for over half of subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611383/Fujitsu-addresses-financial-challenge-doubts-over-commitment-to-righting-Post-Office-wrongs">Fujitsu faces financial challenges, with doubts over its commitment to righting Post Office wrongs</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611619/Post-Office-IT-departments-focus-on-chasing-a-discount-meant-botched-procurement">Post Office IT department’s focus on chasing a discount meant botched procurement</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611835/Post-Office-IT-procurement-mess-saw-35m-spent-on-air-conditioner-says-board-member">Post Office IT procurement mess saw £35m spent on air conditioner, says board member</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612032/Fujitsu-accused-of-paying-lip-service-to-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Fujitsu accused of ‘paying lip service’ to Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612054/Subpostmasters-living-years-with-disputed-but-unresolved-debts-to-the-Post-Office-inquiry-told">Subpostmasters living years with disputed but unresolved debts to the Post Office, inquiry told</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366611858/More-parallels-between-Post-Office-Capture-and-Horizon-scandal-revealed">More parallels between Post Office Capture and Horizon scandal revealed</a>.</li> <li>September 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612292/Investigation-finds-reasonable-likelihood-Post-Office-Capture-software-caused-accounting-losses">Investigation finds ‘reasonable likelihood’ Post Office Capture software caused accounting losses</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612692/Post-Office-spending-80000-a-week-on-engineers-who-cant-work-as-IT-project-burns-cash">Post Office spending £80,000+ a week on engineers who can’t work, as IT project burns cash</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612637/Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-from-blood-brothers-to-bad-blood">Post Office and Fujitsu: from blood brothers to bad blood</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612718/Late-evidence-in-Post-Office-Capture-investigation-could-not-be-reviewed">Late evidence in Post Office Capture investigation could not be reviewed</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612738/Post-Office-recruiting-tech-savvy-board-member-amid-unravelling-IT-disaster">Post Office recruiting tech-savvy board member amid unravelling IT disaster</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612666/Post-Office-senior-executive-suspended-over-allegations-of-destroying-evidence">Post Office senior executive suspended over allegations of destroying evidence</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612955/Whistleblowers-call-out-ongoing-cover-up-by-Post-Office-CEO-in-explosive-letter">Whistleblowers call out ongoing cover-up by Post Office CEO in explosive letter</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612789/Post-Office-boss-Nick-Read-Inadequate-greedy-and-self-interested-whistleblowers-tell-inquiry">Post Office boss Nick Read ‘inadequate, greedy and self-interested’, whistleblowers tell inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612938/Can-the-Post-Office-project-to-replace-Horizon-be-rescued">Can the Post Office project to replace Horizon be rescued?</a></li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366612944/Post-Office-IT-transformation-project-was-set-up-to-fail-chairman-tells-inquiry">Post Office IT transformation project was ‘set up to fail’, chairman tells inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613118/Under-fire-Nick-Read-was-unprepared-for-Post-Office-challenge">Under-fire Nick Read was unprepared for Post Office challenge</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613372/Post-Office-dragging-its-feet-getting-rid-of-tainted-staff-despite-government-green-light">Post Office dragging its feet getting rid of tainted staff, despite government ‘green light’</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613500/Post-Office-believes-it-took-36m-from-subpostmasters-with-unexplained-losses">Post Office believes it took £36m from subpostmasters with unexplained losses</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613496/Post-Office-set-to-axe-in-house-development-for-NBIT-software">Post Office set to axe in-house-developed New Branch IT software</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613852/Former-police-officer-heading-Post-Office-operations-dd-nothing-to-help-innocent-subpostmasters">Former police officer heading Post Office operations did nothing to help innocent subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>October 2014: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613894/Sir-Alan-Bates-tells-prime-minister-to-guarantee-Post-Office-scandal-victim-redress-by-March-2025">Sir Alan Bates tells Prime Minister to guarantee Post Office scandal victim redress by March 2025</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614033/Met-Police-investigating-senior-Post-Office-worker-over-evidence-destruction-allegation">Met Police investigating senior Post Office worker over evidence destruction allegation</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614193/Late-evidence-review-doesnt-change-Post-office-Capture-system-report">Review of late evidence doesn’t change Post Office Capture system report</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613941/Post-Office-worker-who-allegedly-told-staff-to-destroy-evidence-could-return-as-police-investigate">Post Office worker who allegedly told staff to destroy evidence could return to work</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366613750/Former-Post-Office-IT-boss-alleged-to-have-misrepresented-alternative-to-in-house-build">Former Post Office IT boss alleged to have misrepresented alternative to in-house build</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614104/Change-to-rules-on-computer-evidence-will-be-an-outcome-of-Post-Office-scandal">Change to rules on computer evidence will be an ‘outcome’ of Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614435/Federation-requests-government-investigation-into-third-Post-Office-branch-system">Federation requests government investigation into third Post Office branch system</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614572/Warning-shots-fired-as-former-subpostmasters-have-useful-meeting-with-Post-Office-CEO">Warning shots fired as former subpostmasters have ‘useful’ meeting with Post Office CEO</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614227/Government-urged-to-overturn-all-convictions-based-on-Post-Office-Capture">Government ‘urged’ to overturn all convictions based on Post Office Capture</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614717/Who-is-the-subject-of-the-Post-Offices-Project-Tiger-investigation">Who is the subject of the Post Office’s Project Tiger investigation?</a></li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614808/No-simple-replacement-to-digital-evidence-rules-says-Post-Office-Horizon-trial-judge">No simple replacement for digital evidence rules, says Post Office Horizon trial judge</a>.</li> <li>October 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614811/Fujitsu-boss-to-face-tough-reappearance-at-Post-Office-inquiry-following-inaction-and-sidestepping">Fujitsu boss to face tough reappearance at Post Office inquiry, following inaction and sidestepping</a>. </li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614725/Post-Office-scandal-affected-relationships-of-two-thirds-of-victims">Post Office scandal affected relationships of two-thirds of victims</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614908/Governments-600000-offer-to-Horizon-scandal-victims-was-political">Government’s £600,000 offer to Horizon scandal victims was ‘political’</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615136/Botched-Post-Office-website-upgrade-caused-serious-data-breach">Post Office data breach caused by botched website upgrade</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615163/Post-Office-was-reluctant-to-cut-costs-despite-143-central-staff-earning-more-than-100k">Post Office was reluctant to cut costs despite 143 central staff earning more than £100k</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615244/Post-Office-appointing-third-party-reviewer-of-current-Horizon-system">Post Office appointing third-party reviewer of current Horizon system</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615285/Post-Office-wrongly-used-public-funds-to-pay-for-legal-battle">Post Office wrongly used public funds to pay for legal battle</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615381/Government-announces-Green-Paper-on-future-of-scandal-ridden-Post-Office">Government announces Green Paper on future of scandal-ridden Post Office</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615494/Post-Office-scandal-not-caused-by-software-errors-says-combative-Fujitsu-boss">Post Office scandal not caused by software errors, says combative Fujitsu boss</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615655/Post-Office-requested-four-year-Horizon-extension-as-Fujitsu-boss-arrived-at-public-inquiry">Post Office requested four-year Horizon extension, as Fujitsu boss arrived at public inquiry</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615973/Post-Office-to-decide-on-Horizon-before-April-Fujitsu-board-considers-final-contract-extension">Post Office to decide on Horizon before April, Fujitsu board considers final contract extension</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615957/Post-Office-IT-boss-calls-for-subpostmasters-to-judge-him-on-his-actions">Post Office IT boss calls for subpostmasters to judge him on his actions</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615956/Post-Office-scandal-Inquirys-final-phase-exposes-dysfunction-past-and-present">Post Office scandal: Inquiry’s final phase exposes dysfunction past and present</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615867/Post-Office-is-paying-lawyers-too-much-admits-minister">Post Office is paying lawyers too much, admits minister</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616054/Subpostmasters-hit-by-Post-Office-scandal-plan-to-meet-over-nuclear-option">Subpostmasters hit by Post Office scandal plan to meet over ‘nuclear option’</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616132/Post-Office-project-taking-control-of-Horizon-data-from-Fujitsu-as-part-of-messy-split">Post Office project taking control of Horizon data from Fujitsu as part of messy split</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616292/Fujitsu-snubbed-on-private-sector-deal-with-Centrica-due-to-Post-Office-scandal-backlash">Fujitsu snubbed on private sector deal with Centrica due to Post Office scandal backlash</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-IT-scandal-inquiry-Two-years-of-shocking-revelations">Post Office Horizon IT scandal inquiry: Three years of shocking revelations</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616319/Government-looking-into-third-faulty-Post-Office-IT-system">Government looking into third faulty Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616259/Convictions-of-Post-Office-Capture-system-users-to-be-reviewed-by-statutory-body">Convictions of Post Office Capture system users to be reviewed by statutory body</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616303/Post-Office-scandal-How-much-deeper-and-wider-can-it-get">Post Office scandal: How much deeper and wider can it get?</a></li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616357/Post-Office-scandal-redress-echoes-Windrush-compensation-problems">Post Office scandal redress echoes Windrush compensation problems</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616230/Post-Office-Capture-users-invited-to-pivotal-meeting-with-government">Post Office Capture users invited to pivotal meeting with government</a>.</li> <li>November 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616467/Fujitsus-charity-boss-made-redundant-while-Post-Office-scandal-victims-await-support">Fujitsu’s charity boss made redundant while Post Office scandal victims await support</a>.</li> <li>December 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616872/Post-Office-Fujitsu-contract-extended-by-a-year-as-decision-time-looms">Post Office Fujitsu contract extended by a year as decision time looms</a>.</li> <li>December 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616977/Post-Office-senior-leadership-warned-of-IT-project-data-safeguarding-risk">Post Office senior leadership warned of IT project data safeguarding risk</a>.</li> <li>December 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616881/Controversial-Horizon-system-to-remain-in-Post-Office-branches-as-part-of-tech-fusion-says-source">Controversial Horizon system to remain in Post Office branches as part of tech ‘fusion’, says source</a>.</li> <li>December 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617072/Police-not-ruling-any-person-or-crime-out-of-Post-Office-scandal-investigation">Police not ruling any person or crime out of Post Office scandal investigation</a>.</li> <li>December 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617123/Post-Office-weaponised-IT-system-in-most-extensive-and-prolonged-miscarriage">Post Office ‘weaponised’ IT system in most ‘extensive and prolonged’ miscarriage</a>.</li> <li>December 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617280/Government-promises-redress-and-justice-to-Post-Office-Capture-system-users">Government promises redress and justice to Post Office Capture system users</a>.</li> <li>December 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617366/Post-Office-creates-CTO-role-to-support-extensive-and-complex-plans">Post Office creates CTO role to support ‘extensive and complex’ plans</a>.</li> <li>December 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617210/Post-Office-IT-department-fired-and-rehired-friends-at-exorbitant-rates-says-former-HR-chief">Post Office IT department fired and rehired ‘friends’ at ‘exorbitant’ rates, says former HR chief</a>.</li> <li>December 2024: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617418/Post-Office-scandal-campaigners-awarded-OBEs-in-New-Year-Honours-List">Post Office scandal campaigners awarded OBEs in New Year Honours List</a>.</li> <li>January 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617566/Sir-Alan-Bates-has-serious-concerns-over-Post-Office-scandal-compensation-budget">Sir Alan Bates has ‘serious concerns’ over Post Office scandal compensation budget</a>.</li> <li>January 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617586/Post-Office-staff-list-14-scandal-stained-individuals-who-should-have-honours-stripped">Post Office staff list 14 scandal-stained individuals who should have honours stripped</a>.</li> <li>January 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617800/Former-subpostmasters-invited-to-take-part-in-Post-Office-Capture-compensation-scheme-development">Former subpostmasters invited to take part in Post Office Capture compensation scheme development</a>.</li> <li>January 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366617852/Post-Office-scandal-stained-Fujitsu-orders-staff-to-cut-costs-amid-widening-UK-losses">Post Office scandal-stained Fujitsu orders staff to cut costs amid widening UK losses</a>.</li> <li>January 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618072/Subpostmasters-wont-get-financial-redress-until-mid-2027-at-current-rate-of-progress">Subpostmasters won’t get financial redress until mid-2027 at current rate of progress</a>.</li> <li>January 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618206/Government-calls-for-expert-views-on-computer-evidence-to-learn-lesson-from-Post-Office-scandal">Government calls for expert views on computer evidence to learn lesson from Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618322/Review-of-legal-rule-on-computer-evidence-long-overdue-say-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Review of legal rule on computer evidence long overdue, say Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>February 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618678/Government-failed-to-provide-accurate-cost-of-Post-Office-scandal-compensation">Government failed to provide accurate cost of Post Office scandal compensation</a>.</li> <li>February 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619235/CCRC-reviewing-17-Post-Office-convictions-with-potential-Capture-software-involvement">CCRC reviewing 17 Post Office convictions with potential Capture software involvement</a>.</li> <li>February 2025:<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619651/Positive-steps-in-redress-for-Post-Office-Capture-victims">’Positive steps’ in redress for Post Office Capture victims</a>.</li> <li>February 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619440/Fujitsus-600m-plus-prize-with-His-Majestys-cash-cow-in-2025">Fujitsu’s £600m-plus prize with His Majesty’s ‘cash cow’ in 2025</a>.</li> <li>February 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619680/Peer-demands-Fujitsu-cough-up-300m-interim-payment-towards-Post-Office-scandal-bill">Peer demands Fujitsu cough up £300m interim payment towards Post Office scandal bill</a>.</li> <li>February 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619806/Post-Office-makes-first-official-apology-to-Capture-users">Post Office makes first official apology to Capture users</a>.</li> <li>March 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619960/Metropolitan-Police-concern-puts-brakes-on-Post-Office-Horizon-data-migration">Metropolitan Police concern puts brakes on Post Office Horizon data migration</a>.</li> <li>March 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620536/Government-announcement-on-Fujitsu-talks-add-vague-words-and-no-interim-payment">Government announcement on Fujitsu talks add ‘vague words’ and no interim payment</a>.</li> <li>March 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620384/Post-Office-scandal-data-leak-interim-compensation-offers-made">Post Office scandal data leak interim compensation offers made</a>.</li> <li>March 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620854/Minister-asks-for-evidence-of-Post-Office-ECCO-system-problems">Minister asks for evidence of Post Office ECCO+ system problems</a>.</li> <li>March 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620988/Former-subpostmaster-to-sue-Post-Office-and-Fujitsu-for-judgment-obtained-by-fraud">Former subpostmaster to sue Post Office and Fujitsu for judgment ‘obtained by fraud’</a>.</li> <li>March 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620910/Government-considering-redress-scheme-for-families-of-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Government considering redress scheme for families of Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>March 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621213/MPs-demand-government-reconsider-response-to-Post-Office-compensation-report">MPs demand government reconsider response to Post Office compensation report</a>.</li> <li>March 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621280/Kroll-reviewing-Post-Office-Horizons-current-integrity-and-discrepancy-identification?_gl=1*2lgjm8*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTc0MzAwMjQ2Ny4xMy4xLjE3NDMwMDYxMzMuMC4wLjA.">Kroll reviewing Post Office Horizon’s current integrity and discrepancy identification</a>.</li> <li>March 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621762/Experts%20question%20court%E2%80%99s%20rejection%20of%20former%20Post%20Office%20manager%E2%80%99s%20Horizon%20appeal">Experts question court’s rejection of former Post Office manager’s Horizon appeal</a>.</li> <li>April 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621786/Scottish-support-group-for-Post-Office-scandal-victims-launched">Scottish support group for Post Office scandal victims launched</a>.</li> <li>April 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621800/Post-Office-Capture-and-ECCO-users-asked-to-make-contact-with-Scottish-statutory-body">Post Office Capture and Ecco+ users asked to make contact with Scottish statutory body</a>.</li> <li>April 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622017/Post-Office-cant-find-evidence-for-over-1000-Horizon-scandal-redress-claimants">Post Office can’t find evidence for over 1,000 Horizon scandal redress claimants</a>.</li> <li>April 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622179/Post-Office-gets-extra-136m-towards-tech-transformation-as-clock-ticks-on-Horizon?_gl=1*pgbh5m*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTc0NDM2MTEwNy43MS4xLjE3NDQzNjU0NzkuMC4wLjA.">Post Office gets extra £136m towards tech transformation as clock ticks on Horizon</a>.</li> <li>April 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622421/More-than-100-Horizon-victims-are-challenging-Post-Office-offers-on-complex-claims">More than 100 Horizon victims are challenging Post Office offers on complex claims</a>.</li> <li>April 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623124/Fujitsu-UK-staff-will-get-bonus-despite-Post-Office-scandal-fallout">Fujitsu UK staff will get bonus despite Post Office scandal fallout</a>.</li> <li>May 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623342/Progress-made-on-governments-Post-Office-Capture-redress-but-concerns-remain">Progress made on government’s Post Office Capture redress, but concerns remain</a>.</li> <li>May 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623751/Evidence-reveals-Post-Office-scandal-victims-short-changed-in-compensation-payouts">Evidence reveals Post Office scandal victims short-changed in compensation payouts</a>.</li> <li>May 2025: <a href="http://preview.pg.techtarget.com:8080/techtarget-ecm/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=41368aed229c6910VgnVCM1000003f80a50aRCRD&vgnextchannel=006c165cad300310VgnVCM1000000d01c80aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default&appInstanceName=default&_dc=1747403318234&vgnextrefresh=1">Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033</a>.</li> <li>May 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366623902/Post-Office-scandal-inquiry-to-publish-first-findings-this-summer">Post Office scandal inquiry to publish first findings this summer</a>.</li> <li>May 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624021/Post-Office-performs-costly-30-year-U-turn-on-Horizon">Post Office performs costly 30-year U-turn on Horizon</a>.</li> <li>May 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624005/Botched-Post-Office-IT-projects-continue-to-drain-public-purse">Botched Post Office IT projects continue to drain public purse</a>.</li> <li>May 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624141/Fujitsu-raked-in-80m-from-HMRC-in-March-alone-despite-Post-Office-scandal">Fujitsu raked in £80m from HMRC in March alone, despite Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>May 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366624967/Post-Office-slammed-after-deleting-social-media-comments-on-IT-scandal">Post Office slammed after deleting social media comments on IT scandal</a>.</li> <li>June 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366625541/Compensation-to-Post-Office-scandal-victims-reaches-1bn-milestone">Compensation to Post Office scandal victims reaches £1bn milestone</a>.</li> <li>June 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366625793/HMRC-paid-Fujitsu-315m-last-year-but-Post-Office-scandal-suppliers-UK-business-faces-gradual-de">HMRC paid Fujitsu £310m last year, but Post Office supplier’s UK business faces gradual decline</a>.</li> <li>June 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626068/Government-announces-details-of-Post-Office-Capture-redress-scheme">Government announces details of Post Office Capture redress scheme</a>.</li> <li>June 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626318/Report-on-integrity-of-the-current-Post-Office-Horizon-system-due-in-Autumn">Report on integrity of current Post Office Horizon system due in autumn</a>.</li> <li>June 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626532/Wrongly-convicted-subpostmasters-may-have-to-wait-another-year-for-redress">MPs say the government has not done enough to contact all those who qualify for Post Office scandal compensation schemes</a>.</li> <li>June 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626756/Seven-main-suspects-under-police-investigation-in-national-Post-Office-probe">Seven main suspects under police investigation in national Post Office probe</a>.</li> <li>June 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626737/Fujitsus-grip-on-HMRC-loosening-but-bags-of-taxpayer-cash-still-to-be-made">Fujitsu’s grip on HMRC loosening but bags of taxpayer cash still to be made</a>.</li> <li>July 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627174/Post-Office-inquiry-chair-cannot-rule-out-scandal-caused-13-suicides">Post Office inquiry chair ‘cannot rule out’ scandal caused 13 suicides</a>.</li> <li>July 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627634/Former-Post-Office-staff-in-Horizon-replacement-bid-team">Former Post Office staff in Horizon replacement bid team</a>.</li> <li>July 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627641/Home-Office-dumps-Fujitsu-from-IT-services-contract">Home Office dumps Fujitsu from IT services contract</a>.</li> <li>July 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627820/Fujitsu-outage-crashes-Post-Office-Horizon-system">Fujitsu outage crashes Post Office Horizon system</a>.</li> <li>July 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627933/Peer-warns-IT-suppliers-against-partnering-Fujitsu-in-government-contracts">Peer warns suppliers against partnering Fujitsu in contracts</a>.</li> <li>July 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366628045/Post-Office-will-not-compensate-subpostmasters-for-IT-outage">Post Office will not compensate subpostmasters for IT outage</a>.</li> <li>August 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629119/Fujitsu-orders-staff-to-retain-Post-Office-related-documentation-as-it-braces-for-legal-action">Fujitsu tells all UK staff to preserve documents related to its work with the Post Office</a>.</li> <li>August 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629672/Metropolitan-Police-contract-with-Fujitsu-is-potential-conflict-of-interest-amid-Post-Office-probe">Metropolitan Police contract with Fujitsu is ‘potential conflict of interest’ amid Post Office probe</a>.</li> <li>August 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629917/Subpostmaster-federation-accepted-money-from-Fujitsu-in-run-up-to-High-Court-Post-Office-trial">Subpostmaster federation accepted money from Fujitsu in run-up to High Court Post Office trial</a>.</li> <li>August 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629933/Police-investigation-into-Post-Office-scandal-to-cost-more-than-50m">Police investigation into Post Office scandal to cost more than £50m</a>.</li> <li>August 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630000/Home-Office-Fujitsu-contract-is-de-facto-conflict-of-interest-in-Post-Office-police-probe">Home Office Fujitsu contract is ‘de facto’ conflict of interest in Post Office police probe</a>.</li> <li>September 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630253/Fujitsus-roots-in-government-go-too-deep">Post Office scandal supplier’s roots in government go too deep</a>.</li> <li>September 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630262/Depression-anxiety-PTSD-and-suicidal-thoughts-Post-Office-victims-speak-out">Depression, anxiety, PTSD and suicidal thoughts: Post Office victims speak out</a>.</li> <li>September 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630443/Fujitsu-braced-for-double-digit-decline-triggered-by-foolish-display-of-legal-machismo">Internally, Fujitsu UK is braced for major revenue decline as Post Office scandal takes its toll</a>.</li> <li>September 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630772/Post-Office-Horizon-accounts-are-still-a-mess-and-replacement-system-is-years-away">Post Office Horizon accounts are still a mess and replacement system is years away</a></li> <li>September 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631595/Post-Office-Capture-appeals-slowed-by-poor-records">Post Office Capture appeals slowed by poor records</a>.</li> <li>October 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632434/Peer-demands-Fujitsu-pay-700m-in-interim-as-it-prepares-response-to-Post-Office-scandal-inquiry">Peer demands Fujitsu pay £700m in interim as it prepares response to Post Office scandal inquiry</a>.</li> <li>October 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632424/Fujitsu-boss-said-Post-Office-inquiry-report-wasnt-that-bad-despite-link-to-suicides">Fujitsu boss said Post Office inquiry report wasn’t ‘that bad’, despite link to suicides</a>.</li> <li>October 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632706/Shameless-Fujitsu-boss-confident-firm-will-be-back-in-good-books-in-18-months">Shameless Fujitsu boss confident firm will be back in ‘good books’ in 18 months</a>.</li> <li>October 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632837/CCRC-formally-sends-Post-Office-Capture-referral-to-Court-of-Appeal">CCRC formally sends Post Office Capture referral to Court of Appeal</a>.</li> <li>October 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633555/Government-awards-Post-Office-2m-contract-to-search-for-its-own-Capture-records">Government awards Post Office £2m contract to search for its own Capture records</a>.</li> <li>October 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633678/Post-Office-Capture-redress-scheme-went-down-like-lead-balloon-and-is-discriminatory">Post Office Capture redress scheme ‘went down like lead balloon’ and is ‘discriminatory’</a>.</li> <li>October 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633625/Peer-angry-as-sales-figures-suggest-Fujitsu-has-weathered-Post-Office-scandal-storm">Peer angry as sales figures suggest Fujitsu has weathered Post Office scandal storm</a>.</li> <li>October 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633589/Investigator-warns-Post-Office-inquiry-about-Horizon-defect-at-large-for-years">Post Office scandal investigator warns public inquiry about Horizon defect at large for years</a>.</li> <li>November 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634214/Unearthed-report-reveals-source-of-Post-Offices-tenuous-Capture-sales-pitch">Unearthed report reveals source of Post Office’s tenuous Capture sales pitch</a>.</li> <li>November 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634300/Post-Office-extends-controversial-Fujitsu-contract-in-41m-deal">Post Office extends controversial Fujitsu contract in £41m deal</a>.</li> <li>November 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634434/Post-Office-contract-with-Fujitsu-has-option-to-extend-into-2028">Post Office contract with Fujitsu has option to extend into 2028</a>.</li> <li>November 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634551/Fujitsu-milks-110m-from-HMRC-in-six-months-with-hardly-a-public-stir">Fujitsu milks £110m from HMRC in six months with hardly a public stir</a>.</li> <li>November 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634756/Subpostmaster-was-told-no-jury-would-believe-Post-Office-had-dodgy-computer">Research says wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters casts doubt on ‘golden thread’ of British justice</a>.</li> <li>November 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635237/CCRC-refers-case-based-on-third-faulty-Post-Office-system">CCRC refers case based on third faulty Post Office system</a>.</li> <li>December 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635600/Former-Post-Office-legal-boss-wont-escape-police-reach">Former Post Office legal boss won’t escape police reach</a>.</li> <li>December 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635602/Post-Office-scandal-could-widen-to-thousands-more-branches-after-third-system-appeal">Post Office scandal could widen to thousands more branches after third system appeal</a>.</li> <li>December 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635620/Post-Office-finally-investigates-Horizon-defect-but-investigator-slams-comms-strategy">Subpostmaster and investigator met the Post Office over Horizon defect raised six years earlier</a>.</li> <li>December 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635582/Post-Office-avoids-1m-fine-over-botched-website-upgrade-data-breach">Post Office avoids £1m fine over botched website upgrade data breach</a>.</li> <li>December 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635668/Fujitsu-police-contract-complicates-Post-Office-investigation">Fujitsu police contract ‘complicates’ Post Office investigation</a>.</li> <li>December 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636272/Fujitsu-underestimated-Post-Office-scandal-backlash">Fujitsu underestimated Post Office scandal backlash</a>.</li> <li>December 2025: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636563/Post-Office-six-years-late-to-warn-subpostmasters-about-Horizon-defect?_gl=1*49p5gt*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*czE3Njc2MDc5NjMkbzU2JGcxJHQxNzY3NjA4MDU1JGozNCRsMCRoMA..">Post Office six years late to warn subpostmasters about Horizon defect</a>.</li> <li>January 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636802/Fujitsu-boss-has-been-a-Post-Office-scandal-bystander-for-over-a-decade">Fujitsu boss has been a Post Office scandal bystander for over a decade</a>.</li> <li>January 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636770/Former-Fujitsu-IT-support-team-were-legalised-hackers">Fujitsu Post Office IT support team were ‘legalised hackers’</a>.</li> <li>January 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636911/CCRC-says-multiple-Post-Office-software-systems-potentially-implicated-in-miscarriages-of-justice?_gl=1*fusf1s*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*czE3NjgyOTcxNTUkbzg2JGcxJHQxNzY4Mjk4OTE4JGo0NyRsMCRoMA..">CCRC says multiple Post Office software systems potentially implicated in miscarriages of justice</a>.</li> <li>January 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637292/Post-Office-scandals-oldest-victim-calls-for-total-ban-on-Fujitsu">Post Office scandal’s oldest victim calls for total ban on Fujitsu</a>.</li> <li>January 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637471/DWP-review-of-Post-Office-worker-prosecutions-yet-to-start-months-after-announcement">The DWP said in August that it would carry out an independent review of prosecutions of subpostmasters, but it has yet to appoint a reviewer</a>.</li> <li>January 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637646/Peer-demands-independent-investigation-into-DWPs-prosecution-of-subpostmasters">Peer demands independent investigation into DWP’s prosecution of subpostmasters</a>.</li> <li>January 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637835/Fujitsu-boss-falls-on-his-sword-before-settling-with-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Fujitsu boss ‘falls on his sword’ before settling with Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>January 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638192/Sir-Alan-Bates-slams-nonsense-reported-about-his-financial-redress-settlement">Sir Alan Bates slams ‘nonsense’ reported about his financial redress settlement</a>.</li> <li>January 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638232/History-repeats-itself-in-Post-Office-Capture-redress-scheme-with-low-ball-offers-made">History repeats itself in Post Office Capture redress scheme with low-ball offers made</a>.</li> <li>February 2026 <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638847/Minister-responds-to-criticism-of-Post-Office-Capture-redress-scheme">Minister responds to criticism of Post Office Capture redress scheme</a>.</li> <li>February 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638999/Fujitsu-will-be-out-by-summer-2027-says-Post-Office-CTO">Fujitsu will be out by next summer, says Post Office CTO</a>.</li> <li>February 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639018/Peer-disappointed-that-DWP-review-of-subpostmaster-prosecutions-is-still-months-away">Peer ‘disappointed’ that DWP review of subpostmaster prosecutions is still months away</a>.</li> <li>February 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639155/UK-government-risks-perpetuating-Post-Office-injustice-through-response-to-Capture-appeals">UK government risks ‘perpetuating’ Post Office injustice through response to Capture appeals</a>.</li> <li>February 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639049/Eradicating-Fujitsu-and-Horizon-from-the-Post-Office-step-by-step">Eradicating Fujitsu and Horizon from the Post Office, step by step</a>.</li> <li>February 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639272/Minister-wants-logical-conclusion-to-review-of-digital-evidence-in-light-of-Post-office-scandal">Minister wants ‘logical conclusion’ to review of digital evidence in light of Post Office scandal</a>.</li> <li>February 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638929/Email-from-1999-reveals-Post-Office-ECCO-system-crash-problems">Email from 1999 reveals Post Office ECCO+ system crash problems</a>.</li> <li>February 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639388/Government-commits-483m-to-Post-Office-for-IT-transformation">UK government commits £483m to Post Office for IT transformation</a>.</li> <li>March 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639757/Scandal-victim-gets-leave-to-appeal-decision-to-split-case-against-Post-Office-and-Fujitsu">Scandal victim gets leave to appeal decision to split case against Post Office and Fujitsu</a>.</li> <li>March 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639859/IBM-takes-a-second-shot-at-Post-Office-contract-to-replace-Horizon">IBM takes a second shot at Post Office contract to replace Horizon</a>.</li> <li>March 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639931/MP-report-calls-for-legislation-to-overturn-Post-Office-Capture-convictions?_gl=1*nijjqa*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*czE3NzM5MTk2MTMkbzI5MyRnMSR0MTc3MzkyMDk0MSRqMiRsMCRoMA..">MP report calls for legislation to overturn Post Office Capture convictions</a>.</li> <li>March 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640326/Government-announces-redress-scheme-for-families-of-Post-Office-scandal-victims">Government announces redress scheme for families of Post Office scandal victims</a>.</li> <li>March 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640615/DWP-finally-seeks-reviewer-of-its-subpostmaster-prosecutions?_gl=1*rbhnnc*_ga*MTEwNzM2MTI5My4xNzQyODE4ODQ3*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*czE3NzQ1MTkwMTkkbzMxNiRnMSR0MTc3NDUyMjMyNCRqNjAkbDAkaDA.">DWP finally seeks reviewer of its subpostmaster prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>March 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640853/Post-Office-still-cant-find-evidence-for-1400-scandal-redress-claimants-while-people-die-waiting">Post Office still can’t find evidence for 1,400 scandal redress claimants, while people die waiting</a>.</li> <li>March 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Second%20Post%20Office%20Capture%20System%20Conviction%20Referred%20to%20Court%20of%20Appeal.%20Steve%20Marston%E2%80%99s%20reaction%20this%20morning%20:%22It%20feels%20like%20a%20massive%20weight%20has%20been%20lifted.%20Obviously%20this%20is%20a%20massive%20step%20forward,%20but%20there's%20still%20a%20hell%20of%20a%20long%20way%20to%20go%20yet.%22%20https:/www.computerweekly.com/news/366640609/Second-Post-Office-Capture-conviction-referred-to-appeal-court">Second Post Office Capture conviction referred to appeal court</a>.</li> <li>April 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641092/Post-Office-scandal-supplier-Fujitsu-to-cut-nearly-10-of-UK-workforce">Post Office scandal supplier Fujitsu to cut nearly 10% of UK workforce</a>.</li> <li>April 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641017/Fujitsu-injects-another-80m-into-UK-arm-amid-Post-Office-Scandal-fallout">Fujitsu injects another £80m into UK arm amid Post Office scandal fallout</a>.</li> <li>April 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641051/Keir-Starmer-was-warned-about-Post-Office-prosecution-practices-as-director-of-public-prosecutions">Keir Starmer was warned about Post Office prosecution practices as director of public prosecutions</a>.</li> <li>April 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641747/Platitudes-hide-struggle-as-Post-Office-scandal-redress-scheme-closing-date-announced">‘Platitudes’ hide struggle as Post Office scandal redress scheme closing date announced</a>.</li> <li>April 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642366/Court-of-Appeal-rejects-Post-Office-Capture-case-delay-request">Court of Appeal rejects Post Office Capture case delay request</a>.</li> <li>May 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642657/Post-Office-acknowledges-ECCO-users-calls-for-help-three-decades-ago">Post Office acknowledges ECCO+ user’s calls for help three decades ago</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> IT supplier will pay bonuses to UK staff again this year as it continues to hold back contribution to costs of Post Office scandal https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/Fujitsu-offices-J-News-photo-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642879/Fujitsu-UK-pays-staff-bonuses-as-it-sits-on-Post-Office-scandal-contribution Fri, 08 May 2026 07:04:00 GMT Fujitsu UK pays staff bonuses as it sits on Post Office scandal contribution Artificial intelligence (AI) – and in particular agentic AI – can bring considerable increases in productivity to any organisation that uses it, with potential gains of £10 for every £1 spent. But achieving those rewards will require great effort to ensure AI becomes part of organisational culture. That’s the view shared by executives at a Node4 user day event in Nottingham this week, where the mid-market enterprise application, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Software-as-a-Service-SaaS">software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider</a> and Microsoft partner showcased a range of AI-based solutions. According to Derby-based <a href="https://node4.co.uk/">Node4</a>, we are set to move past the era of “clunky” AI experiments and into a period where the technology is being industrialised at a rate that outpaces most corporate governance structures. Also showcased was agentic AI, but here, Node4 thinks it will be a year or so before customers trust it. Meanwhile, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642487/Cloud-and-data-sovereignty-caught-in-a-paradox">data sovereignty</a> is an everyday conversation for the company (<a href="#Sovereignty">see box</a>). <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The three rings of AI: From assistance to orchestration"> <h2 class="section-title">The three rings of AI: From assistance to orchestration</h2> Core to the thinking on AI are three stages of AI adoption: First, simple assistance, where users ask questions of a large language model (LLM) where once they would have used a web search tool. Second is co-work, where <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639977/Microsoft-Cowork-One-data-store-for-all-your-M365-assets">co-pilot-type tools</a> in an environment help more directly, such as Claude Code. And third, there is orchestration via agentic AI, where agents that are built to carry out specific tasks can be invoked in a variety of settings, often autonomously by preset triggers. But while such capabilities already exist in almost all enterprise application environments, including, for example, in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for which Node4 is a specialist, most customers have yet to make use of them.  Mark Skelton, chief technology officer (CTO) at Node4 (pictured, above), said: “It’s something we’re struggling with. The challenge with AI at the moment is the consumerisation effect. “We did two roundtables last night, and we had probably 30 customers in those sessions. We asked them, where are you on your AI journey? Almost everyone in the room said, ‘Well, we’re nowhere’. “But when we asked the question, ‘Are you using OpenAI or ChatGPT or cloud?’ Most hands went up. So, what’s happening is business users are using this stuff on their personal accounts.” The concern here, said Skelton, is that if personal accounts are being used, business data is at risk of leaking out. Skelton said the Node4 solution is to help train customers and to showcase what’s possible with simple AI assistance, co-work and agentic AI by means of free-of-charge consulting sessions, “innovation factories” and showing customers how AI can help with real-world workloads. “One thing we do is automate board reports, for example,” said Skelton. “We have to do it every month. And there’s no reason why AI can’t do it. Every organisation will have to do a similar process. “You start with something like that. The customer goes, ‘OK, right, you’re solving a big problem. That’s a bunch of work and five days’ worth of someone’s time that I can now automate and free up their time’.” </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Agentic the future, but trust will take time"> <h2 class="section-title">Agentic the future, but trust will take time</h2> Despite recognising the challenges of how to get there, Node4 executives envisage a future of agentic AI. At the event, it showcased pre-built agents and custom agent-building capabilities in Business Central, as well as a set of agents it develops, named “enhanced”, that tackle functions not covered by Microsoft. Currently, Node4 is keen to emphasise that there will be a human-in-the-loop for some time and that AI agents will not be off the leash and able to change or move corporate data. <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> We’re probably [six months to a year] away from having [AI agents] committing stuff without human checking. I think that’s sensible because we are still in a phase where this stuff can hallucinate </figure> <figcaption> Mark Shelton, Node4 </figcaption> </div> </blockquote> So, when will Node4 customers be able to trust an AI agent to make changes in a finance ledger or an enterprise resource planning database? “The technology is definitely capable,” said Skelton. “But I think we’re probably in a six-month-to-year window away from actually having these things committing stuff without human checking. I think that’s sensible because we are still in a phase where this stuff can hallucinate. “If it’s not designed right, it can be dangerous. So, I reckon about a year away, but whenever a CTO predicts these days, you can probably halve it because of the rate of innovation. “The human and the guardrails are still very important at this stage,” added Skelton. “Once you’ve built your model and built all the intelligence into the agent, it’s repeatable, and that’s where you get your value. But that starting point – understanding the process you’re trying to automate and execute – is critical, because if you get the input wrong, the output could be catastrophic.” Node4 has around 1,800 customers, of which 800 are users of the Microsoft Dynamics platform. Of those, 63% are on the fully SaaS Business Central, with the remainder on various legacy iterations of Navision. The company also runs its own cloud and datacentres, which can be used for sovereign capability should a customer require it. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Customer base: Different sectors, different speeds"> <h2 class="section-title">Customer base: Different sectors, different speeds</h2> About 1,200 customers are private sector, and 600 public sector. Node4 made north of £33m from the UK public sector for 2024-2025, according to Tussell figures, with its biggest UK government customer being the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (£23m). Node4 customers that are not yet SaaS users comprise a fair chunk of the customer base. According to Skelton, it’s not that they don’t want to move. Many simply lack the time and resources to do so. He said: “Traditionally, it’s been very costly to move because the move from Navision to Business Central is not like a Windows upgrade where you click a button and it does it for you. “There are complexities around code conversion and workflow. These are traditionally big projects. They could be 200-day, 300-day projects – so very costly for businesses to do. Where you see this long Navision tail, it tends to be in the smaller organisations that don’t have the big IT departments. “Now, we’re using AI to automate a lot of this process. We’re using AI to do all the code conversion, the workflow remappings, all that kind of stuff. And then we’re going to look at future pipelines about how we automate all the testing.” <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading"><a id="Sovereignty"></a>Data sovereignty ‘an everyday conversation’</h3> <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Is-cloud-data-sovereignty-all-just-a-case-of-Trust-me-bro">Data sovereignty is a hot topic</a> in the current <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">geopolitical environment</a>. Meanwhile, Microsoft has said more than once that it can’t guarantee that customer data won’t be moved offshore. And in any case, if a US company were subject to a US court order, it would be compelled to provide access to data that stateside law enforcement asked for. <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> The art to [data sovereignty is] working out what is mission-critical data that [customers] really need sovereignty around versus non-critical </figure> <figcaption> Mark Shelton, Node4 </figcaption> </div> </blockquote> So, how does Node4 navigate that conversation?  “What’s going on in the world is having a major impact on how customers are thinking and where their data sits. Of course, with Microsoft, we have to be very careful. So, we design models that sit behind all these data platforms to understand where the data can actually go and put some restrictions and controls around it.” Skelton also pointed to the fact that Node4 also has its own datacentres in the UK. “Customers are now going, ‘I don’t feel comfortable with this data sitting in Microsoft or anywhere else. Can it be in a UK-centric datacentre owned by a UK company?’ We’re seeing a bit of an uptick in demand for our datacentre capability for that reason.” Skelton said Node4 can still work with the Microsoft ecosystem, with data or even AI models residing in its datacentres. That’s partly because customers aren’t usually worried about all their data from a sovereignty perspective. “It may be partial sets of data that are critical,” he said. “That’s the art to this; working out what is mission-critical data that they really need sovereignty around versus non-critical. The non-critical would sit in the Microsoft cloud system. The critical stuff sits in ours, and we create the plumbing and the controls between that to make sure all the data is controlled. But it’s a daily conversation.” </div> </div> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about Microsoft and AI</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639308/Microsoft-CEO-opens-up-London-AI-tour-with-Copilot-push">Microsoft CEO opens London AI Tour with Copilot push</a>: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella used his event keynote to showcase how the artificial intelligence in M365 is a foundation for agentic AI in the enterprise.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639977/Microsoft-Cowork-One-data-store-for-all-your-M365-assets">Microsoft Cowork – one data store for all your M365 assets</a>: Microsoft has revealed the next stage of its plans to place its software at the heart of enterprise data, which is now powered by agentic AI.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> UK mid-market supplier showcases the three stages of AI – assistance, co-work and orchestration – but faces a reality in which most users have yet to arrive at first base https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/Node4-user-day-Nottingham-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642876/Node4-AI-and-agentic-the-future-but-culture-the-key-to-unlock-it Fri, 08 May 2026 04:55:00 GMT Node4: AI and agentic the future, but culture the key to unlock it In the high-stakes environment of the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Healthcare-and-NHS-IT">operating theatre</a>, the surgeon’s steady hand (or the robotic scalpel) is literally the sharp end of the process. But in their train lies the invisible grind of hospital logistics, where incredibly valuable surgery resources are often deployed less than optimally as humans try to apply subjective estimation to theatre scheduling and planning. For years, the promise of digital health has been synonymous with telepresence, often in the form of a “Zoom for surgeons” that allowed remote observation during procedures in the operating room (OR).  But as healthcare moves into 2026, the focus is shifting to “intelligence-first” surgery. By treating the operating theatre as <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Work-is-broken-Can-agentic-AI-fix-it">an “unbounded” problem</a> that can be reasoned through at scale, technologists are solving the logistical challenges that have limited optimal working. By utilising computer vision as an instrument of measure, and generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as a tool for predictive scheduling, AWS customer Proximie is transforming the operating theatre from a black box into a data-rich environment.  We spoke to Proximie at AWS’s recent London Summit, and found out how the company manages 120TB of unstructured video data across a hybrid edge-to-cloud architecture, the technical guardrails they have built to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">protect patient data sovereignty</a>, and why the future of surgery relies on AI becoming an invisible “texture” <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632366/How-the-UAE-is-using-AI-to-transform-healthcare">in the hospital environment</a>. <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The ‘hanging around’ problem"> <h2 class="section-title">The ‘hanging around’ problem</h2> The starting point for Proximie isn’t surgery itself, but the five billion people worldwide who lack access to safe procedures.  Richard Carter, CTO at Proximie, argues that because building new hospitals and training staff takes decades, the key thing is to get more out of existing resources. “Healthcare is largely a logistics and communications challenge,” Carter says. “The time is not in getting surgeons to work faster; the time is to minimise the hanging around time.” To solve this, Proximie uses ceiling-mounted sensors to create a statement of fact around OR workflows. Unlike human recall, which Carter describes as fragile and subjective, computer vision provides an objective record of exactly when a patient enters the anaesthetic room and when they depart the procedure room. By removing sentiment from the discussion, hospitals can identify exactly where the “dead time” exists. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The predictive scheduler"> <h2 class="section-title">The predictive scheduler</h2> This data collection allows Proximie to tackle one of the most difficult variables in hospital management – elective list scheduling. If a scheduler underestimates a procedure, the entire day’s list falls behind, putting immense pressure on staff. If they overestimate, valuable capacity is wasted. By analysing three years of Electronic Health Record (EHR) data, Proximie’s AI can now outperform human schedulers. It correlates variables that are often too complex for manual calculation, such as the statistical link between a patient’s BMI, age  and the specific surgeon-anaesthetist combination.  The real-world impact is significant. Thoracic surgeons at St Thomas’ in London have successfully added one extra major case per day simply by using this real-time data to tighten their schedules. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="From ‘Zoom for surgeons’ to unbounded AI"> <h2 class="section-title">From ‘Zoom for surgeons’ to unbounded AI</h2> During the pandemic, Proximie was often described as “Zoom for surgeons”. While telepresence was a vital off-ramp that normalised digital entry into the OR, Carter explains that video access has now become a feature, not the product. The real challenge is the “unstructured” nature of video and audio data, which historically was impossible to process at scale. “If you’re playing a game of chess, although it is very large, there is a finite number of chess positions,” Carter says. “With healthcare, it is absolutely infinite, because we are all unique as individuals.”  He defines healthcare as an unbounded problem, but that 2026-era AI can finally reason around these infinite variables. The goal is for AI to become a texture within the hospital – an invisible layer that removes the “grunt work and grind” rather than acting as a standalone gadget. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Technical architecture – edge vs cloud"> <h2 class="section-title">Technical architecture – edge vs cloud</h2> Managing 120TB of unstructured data globally requires a sophisticated hybrid model to navigate latency and data privacy. Edge devices, mounted on the OR ceilings, handle privacy at the source. They obfuscate and redact sensitive information on the device before any data ever leaves the room. Carter is adamant that no unobscured data ever leaves the OR. Once redacted, the data is sent to the AWS cloud for massive, asynchronous processing. Carter argues that on-premise solutions are economically unviable because they lack the upgrade path and cross-system visibility that a cloud provider such as AWS offers. Meanwhile, in real time frame-by-frame analysis, certain procedures, such as laparoscopy – which is entirely hypothetical, says Carter – the system will only have 18 milliseconds to analyse a frame at 60fps. This makes edge computing necessary for tasks where latency would have a practical impact. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The encryption moat"> <h2 class="section-title">The encryption moat</h2> When operating across different jurisdictions, data sovereignty is a non-negotiable requirement. Proximie utilises AWS Global Accelerator to ensure data is routed and stored strictly within a user’s jurisdiction. “The user doesn’t have to decide where to put data,” Carter says. “The workflow obligates it.” Addressing concerns regarding the US Cloud Act – which potentially allows US courts to demand data from US-headquartered companies – Carter offers a pragmatic technical defence. While Proximie would comply with legal obligations, their encryption standards serve as a “shield”. He suggests that the data would be “inaccessible in the form in which it would be provided”, effectively rendering any legal surrender moot because raw, readable data remains technically impenetrable to outside parties. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Safeguarding against hallucinations"> <h2 class="section-title">Safeguarding against hallucinations</h2> In a flesh and blood environment, the risk of AI hallucinations must be zero. Proximie manages this through a human-in-the-loop governance model. The AI provides recommendations, such as a “win of the day” or highlighting the greatest opportunity for efficiency, but it is never allowed to be executive. Crucially, the system requires the AI to state its reasoning. It cannot just give a recommendation, but must show the specific data points used to reach that conclusion. This traceability allows theatre managers and clinicians – whom Carter notes are not shy about challenging colleagues – to maintain final control over the workflow. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The future of surgical logistics"> <h2 class="section-title">The future of surgical logistics</h2> As Proximie scales, the roadmap is focused on making AI even more of a background utility. By solving the core infrastructure and logistics questions that even the most skilled humans struggle with, the company aims to move closer to its mission of providing safe surgery for the five billion people currently without it. The transition from a telepresence tool to an intelligence-first operating system is, in Carter’s view, the only way to meet the infinite demands of global healthcare. By leveraging the scale of the cloud and the privacy of the edge, the OR is finally moving beyond the limitations of human recall and into an era of objective, data-driven efficiency. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about use of AI</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642040/Digital-twin-of-athletes-heart-to-demonstrate-future-of-healthcare">Digital twin of athlete’s heart to demonstrate future of healthcare</a>. IT services firm opens a window to the future of healthcare and physical training as tech advancements converge.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633420/NHS-could-save-millions-of-hours-a-year-using-AI-pilot-shows">NHS could save millions of hours a year using AI, pilot shows</a>. A Microsoft Copilot AI trial in 90 NHS organisations found that a national roll-out could save up to 400,000 hours per month.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> AWS customer Proximie delivers AI-driven operating theatre logistics and tele-surgery. We spoke to its engineering vice-president about the challenges of cloud in a life or death environment https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/healthcare-doctor-tablet-1-adobe.jpeg https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Beyond-telesurgery-How-Proximie-uses-AI-to-optimise-surgery-logistics Wed, 06 May 2026 08:36:00 GMT Beyond telesurgery: How Proximie uses AI to optimise surgery logistics For years, rip and replace has dominated conversations about the mainframe. A smarter, more pragmatic reality is now taking hold.  <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Data-centre-hardware">Mainframe systems</a> can process millions of transactions in seconds, making them indispensable for core business functions – from database management to ERP and CRM – that demand absolute consistency and speed. Far from being obsolete, they are the quietly powerful bedrock of modern commerce, handling 90% of all credit card transactions and serving over 70% of global enterprises, according to Gartner. But as digital demands grow, businesses need their mainframes to keep up. Modernisation helps them move with more agility, support developers better, plug into cloud technologies and manage costs more smartly, which are all essential to stay competitive. This forces a new, more urgent question for today's IT leaders. As every penny of investment is scrutinised, the focus has shifted from debating the mainframe's future to a more practical challenge. Namely, how do we modernise this critical infrastructure and clearly demonstrate its value in a hybrid world? Practical modernisation without the Big Bang In conversations I have with IT leaders it's clear the idea of a risky 'big bang' migration is losing its appeal and for good technical reasons.  More than <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/heatherwishartsmith/2024/11/12/mainframes-the-backbone-of-the-worldwide-economy/">70% of Fortune 500 companies</a> still rely on mainframes – according to Forbes – often built on decades of interwoven COBOL and RPG code and custom business logic. In this environment, where a single change can trigger a domino effect across critical programmes, attempting a wholesale lift-and-shift presents too many risks to be considered a viable strategy. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about mainframes</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642233/Agentic-AI-speeds-up-mainframe-modernisation-but-human-experts-remain-key">Agentic AI speeds up mainframe modernisation, but human experts remain key</a>. Agentic AI tools are helping organisations overcome Cobol skills shortages and untangle legacy infrastructure, but successful modernisation still requires an expert in the loop to manage complexity.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/How-mainframe-modernisation-is-powering-government-digital-transformation">How mainframe modernisation is powering government digital transformation</a>. Mainframes are no longer seen as a constraint on public sector digital transformation, with government agencies abandoning rip-and-replace strategies in favour of modernising mainframe systems with hybrid cloud and AI.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Instead, a more practical, incremental modernisation is proving effective. The key is to connect mainframes with cloud environments to create a hybrid ecosystem that leverages the best of both worlds. A key technical pattern is to API-enable core mainframe applications, to allow them to participate seamlessly in this broader architecture. This allows teams to build new, cloud-native front ends that leverage the unmatched security and reliability of mainframe transaction processing on the back-end. There’s no denying this approach demands substantial investment, time and meticulous planning. But this approach to modernising without dismantling allows teams to innovate securely, reduce technical debt and ensure every change is targeted and aligned with clear organisational objectives. It’s an approach that allows teams to innovate without introducing unnecessary risk, systematically reduce technical debt and ensure that every single investment in modernisation is directly aligned with clear, measurable business objectives. How AI is changing the performance conversation AI is accelerating this modernisation shift by directly addressing the longstanding challenge of data gravity, and recognises that the smartest approach is to bring analysis to the data instead of forcing the data to move. Rather than undertaking the costly, complex and high-risk process of moving massive volumes of sensitive information to a separate platform, AI models can now run directly on the mainframe.  This provides, for the first time, clear business insights from raw performance data, right at the source. A retail bank, for example, can analyse live transaction data to understand why a customer might abandon a purchase, all without that information ever leaving the secure mainframe environment. Building on this, generative <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642233/Agentic-AI-speeds-up-mainframe-modernisation-but-human-experts-remain-key">AI is accelerating the modernisation process</a> itself, offering powerful new ways to analyse legacy systems and streamline transformations.  This technological shift completely reframes the investment conversation. Leaders can now justify mainframe spending not as a defensive capital expenditure to maintain the status quo, but as a growth-focused operational expenditure that directly underpins business success and a better customer experience. Total cost of ownership as a strategic tool And this is exactly where Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) becomes key. As AI reshapes how organisations extract value from the mainframe, IT leaders need a way to quantify that value clearly and credibly across the business.   Modern TCO can’t stop at a basic comparison of hardware costs. In the AI era, the conversation needs to mature from TCO to Total Business Value. This means calculating the ROI of the platform by factoring in the strengths that drive real impact: built-in security that reduces breach risk, resilience that prevents costly outages, and the transactional performance that underpins core business operations. The 2025 BMC Mainframe Survey confirms the mainframe is here for the long haul,<a href="https://www.bmc.com/documents/e-book/modern-platform-positioned-for-age-of-ai.html"> with a 97% long-term commitment rate</a>. This reality brings a new question to the forefront, namely how do you manage it intelligently? The answer lies in a value-based TCO, which provides the framework to make the crucial "modernise vs migrate" decision for every application. For one financial services giant, <a href="https://www.apptio.com/case-study/financial-services-company-optimizes-its-portfolio-with-full-tco-for-4500-applications/">this meant standardising how TCO was calculated across more than 4,500 applications</a>. By creating a unified data model that captured this broader view of value, they gained the clarity needed for an honest, apples-to-apples comparison. This is what makes modern TCO a strategic aid in business as it provides one source of truth needed to turn a complex choice into a clear business decision. Future proofing By tapping into AI for sharper insights, looking at TCO through a value‑driven lens, and taking a hybrid path to modernisation, leaders can get far more out of their most important systems and stay central to today’s digital business landscape. But this is just the beginning. The future of the mainframe lies in its ability to evolve, and AI is the key accelerator. As we look ahead to an era defined by AI and even quantum computing, the platform's unique strengths mean more applications, not less, will be best-fit for the mainframe, delivering unmatched value for the years to come. Mainframes are very much still vital for performance- and security-conscious use cases. To optimise TCO, AI and hybrid cloud can help them retain their advantages https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/mainframe-servers-storage-datacentre-6-kwarkot-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/AI-to-help-mainframes-remain-business-critical-in-2026 Wed, 06 May 2026 06:32:00 GMT AI to help mainframes remain business critical in 2026 Hyperscaler cloud is incompatible with <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/data-sovereignty">data sovereignty</a>. That’s because, as US companies, the hyperscalers are potentially subject to US court orders that can compel them to exfiltrate overseas citizen data. The paradoxical situation for <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Software-as-a-Service-SaaS">hyperscaler clouds</a> is that they are inherently global and connected because that’s how they gain their economies of scale.  Those conclusions result from a <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Is-cloud-data-sovereignty-all-just-a-case-of-Trust-me-bro">Computer Weekly investigation into data sovereignty</a> that asked the hyperscalers a set of questions aimed at discovering their ability – in technical terms – to withstand US court orders that compel eavesdropping on foreign citizens. We asked Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud, Microsoft, IBM and Oracle the following: <ul class="default-list"> <li>How they would technically prevent a US court order that compelled them to access customer data.</li> <li>How they perform data-in-use functions on in-the-clear data if they say they don’t possess the keys to do so.</li> <li>Whether US-authored updates that contain US court-ordered “technical assistance” updates could bypass data controls and air gaps.</li> <li>Whether they could demonstrate they have a distinct UK region capable of operating all core services in total isolation from global infrastructure.</li> <li>Whether standard terms of service allow them to move customer data and metadata to other geographies.</li> </ul> The context of the investigation is the heightened sense of risk in terms of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Go-big-or-go-home-Should-UK-IT-buyers-favour-US-clouds-or-homegrown-providers">data sovereignty in the current geopolitical situation</a>. In particular, it is focused on the powers of US courts to order US-headquartered companies to provide data held on their systems, wherever those systems are. Instruments for achieving this include the <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252437526/CLOUD-Act-stirs-tension-between-privacy-advocates-and-big-tech">US Cloud Act</a>, which compels US companies to provide to US law enforcement data in their “possession, custody, or control” even if that data is held overseas. US courts can also enact non-disclosure orders that prohibit a company from telling the data subject that their information has been requested or handed over. In addition, the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252433611/New-controversies-upset-plans-for-US-Foreign-Intelligence-Surveillance-Act">Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)</a> Section 702 – due for renewal soon – can compel a service provider to provide “technical assistance” to facilitate a search, with no protection for foreign citizens targeted therewith. Hyperscaler responses to our questions seemed largely to avoid core issues. When we asked about cloud services in general, they responded as though we’d asked about air-gapped and on-premise offers. When we asked about the potential use of backdoor access via updates ordered by US courts, they talked about the use of local staff (or air-gapping again). And when we asked about the possibility of harvesting data, they pointed to encryption and customer-held keys, but did not address that, for the most part, data is processed unencrypted.  There are several difficulties with these responses, which you can <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Is-cloud-data-sovereignty-all-just-a-case-of-Trust-me-bro">read for yourself here</a>. One of these difficulties is that, ultimately, a US court can compel “technical assistance” to gain foreign citizen data held in its systems, and that can occur via a compiled software update that would be unreadable by humans and would not contain obvious clues about its function. Another is that even in the rare cases where expensive and resource-intensive data-in-use encryption is used, it is still possible to scrape data from memory. A further difficulty is that in standard terms of service, hyperscalers routinely transit data to other geographies as part of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366589152/Microsoft-admits-no-guarantee-of-sovereignty-for-UK-policing-data">follow-the-sun support</a>. The reality is that to achieve anything approaching data sovereignty, customers must opt out of standard cloud terms of service, or use air-gapped services, though none of these is technically 100% proofed against intrusion.  All this is a key issue for the UK, given that in the public sector alone, US hyperscale cloud providers have near-universal penetration and account for the bulk of technology spending.  In the 2023-2024 financial year, 95% of central and local public sector organisations in the UK spent budget on hyperscale cloud services across more than 1,100 public sector bodies, according to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">data from analyst firm Tussell</a>. Notable examples include <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630792/Ministry-of-Defence-signs-400m-sovereign-cloud-deal-with-Google">Google’s £400m contract signed last year to supply the Ministry of Defence with “sovereign cloud” capability</a> based on its Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped offer. But that’s just one example.  The UK public sector is densely connected to US hyperscaler infrastructure, and the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Breaking-the-stranglehold-Responses-to-data-sovereignty-risk">lacks a definition of data sovereignty</a>.   <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about data sovereignty</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Breaking-the-stranglehold-Responses-to-data-sovereignty-risk">Breaking the stranglehold – responses to data sovereignty risk</a>: We look at the political and government responses to risks around data sovereignty and massive dependence on the three US hyperscalers – AWS, Azure and GCP – in the UK and Europe.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">The rise of the splinternet? Data sovereignty risks and responses</a>: We look at the political, legal and economic risks around data sovereignty, the fears for digital dependency and massive hyperscaler penetration in the UK public sector. </li> </ul> </div> </div> We asked the hyperscalers how they would respond to US court-ordered eavesdropping on foreign citizen data – and got responses that highlight a paradoxical situation https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/searchITChannel/systems_channel/itchannel_article_020.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642487/Cloud-and-data-sovereignty-caught-in-a-paradox Wed, 06 May 2026 06:19:00 GMT Cloud and data sovereignty caught in a paradox In the UK, giant cloud providers – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft – run the systems we depend on for vital functionality in the public and private sectors.  In the public sector alone, US hyperscale cloud providers have near-universal penetration and account for the bulk of technology spending.  In the financial year 2023/2024, 95% of central and local public sector organisations in the UK spent budget on hyperscale cloud services across more than 1,100 public sector bodies, including government departments, councils, police forces and NHS organisations, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">according to data that comes from analyst Tussell</a>. This begs the question, if the UK’s key national infrastructure is run by foreign-owned companies, is the data of UK citizens secure should a court in the US compel a hyperscaler to provide it? Here lies <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Software-as-a-Service-SaaS">the nub of data sovereignty</a>.  In this article, we provide a definition of data sovereignty, the ways it may be undermined from overseas – particularly by the US Cloud Act and FISA Section 702 – drill down into the detail of differing states of encryption and what they mean for security and sovereignty, and look at the inherently cross-border nature of cloud services and its impact on data sovereignty.  Core to the article are questions we asked the hyperscalers that aimed to get at exactly how their services could be described as providing data sovereignty.  These included how they could technically prevent US court-compelled snooping, the protection afforded by encryption, especially during processing, and how <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632561/Court-dismisses-Apples-appeal-against-Home-Office-backdoor">court-compelled backdoors</a> might be injected into infrastructure updates. We also asked to what extent it is possible to offer a sovereign UK cloud region and whether standard cloud terms conflict with <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Data-is-a-sovereignty-issue-And-broader-than-just-the-hyperscalers">data sovereignty</a>. The results illustrate the paradox that lies at the heart of cloud services and data sovereignty. <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Defining data sovereignty"> <h2 class="section-title">Defining data sovereignty</h2> We live in a land where the government can’t define data sovereignty. <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Breaking-the-stranglehold-Responses-to-data-sovereignty-risk">We asked</a> the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in February about its progress towards a <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/data-sovereignty">definition of data sovereignty</a>, but it couldn’t give one or say when it would have one.  But we can work out a definition. The idea of sovereignty as applied to states means the solely held power to govern or control a country. For example, if country A invades country B and establishes control over a swathe of land, where country B’s armed forces, police, and so on, no longer have any authority, then it can be said that country B no longer has sovereignty in the portion of its territory so affected.  We can form a definition of data sovereignty based on the same principle.  So, if a company headquartered in country A provides technology services in country B, and can effect access to data of citizens of that country, then country B cannot say the data of its citizens is sovereign. Country B may have laws that protect the data of its citizens. But if the country in which the tech company is headquartered has the ability to compel it to provide data held in its systems in another country, then those two sets of laws conflict. Or more to the point, the laws of country B are undermined, and are not sovereign.  It’s a parallel to where a country has laws that govern its citizens, but the presence of foreign armed forces and the rules they impose nullify its writ.  <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about data sovereignty</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Breaking-the-stranglehold-Responses-to-data-sovereignty-risk">Breaking the stranglehold – responses to data sovereignty risk</a>: We look at the political and government responses to risks around data sovereignty and massive dependence on the three US hyperscalers – AWS, Azure and GCP – in the UK and Europe.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">The rise of the splinternet? Data sovereignty risks and responses</a>: We look at the political, legal and economic risks around data sovereignty, the fears for digital dependency and massive hyperscaler penetration in the UK public sector. </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The Cloud Act and FISA Section 702"> <h2 class="section-title">The Cloud Act and FISA Section 702</h2> A good example of a law that compels companies headquartered within its jurisdiction to hand over data they possess is the <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252437526/CLOUD-Act-stirs-tension-between-privacy-advocates-and-big-tech">US Cloud Act</a>, passed into law during US President Donald Trump’s first term. Cloud here stands for Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data. It was enacted in 2018 after Microsoft refused to hand over customer data held in a datacentre in Ireland, and it was determined that the US Department of Justice could not use domestic warrants to seize data held overseas.  The Cloud Act compels US companies to provide to US law enforcement data in their “possession, custody, or control” even if overseas.  At the same time, a US court can issue a non-disclosure order alongside any order under the Cloud Act. That’s basically a gag order that prohibits a company from telling the data subject that their information has been requested or handed over. There are ways a company subject to a Cloud Act order can challenge the court. These include a challenge on grounds of “comity”, in which the user in question is not a US person and that disclosure would violate the laws of a “qualifying foreign country”, namely one that has a bilateral agreement with the US, like the UK or Australia. Also, the Cloud Act is considered to be “encryption neutral”, so companies can be compelled to hand over what they have, but it does not compel them to break their own encryption if they do not already have the keys. Having said all that, US government agencies have other laws in their toolbox.  Namely, the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252433611/New-controversies-upset-plans-for-US-Foreign-Intelligence-Surveillance-Act">Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)</a> Section 702, which is up for an imminent vote to re-authorise it. Using this, the US government can compel a service provider to provide “technical assistance” to facilitate a search, with no protection for foreign citizens who are targeted by provisions under the act. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has twice struck down data-sharing agreements between the US and EU (<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Max-Schrems-The-man-who-broke-Safe-Harbour">Schrems I</a> and <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/How-Schrems-II-will-impact-data-sharing-between-the-UK-and-the-US">Schrems II</a>) because FISA Section 702 does not provide equivalent protection to EU citizens. Such “technical assistance” could take the form of compiled code in a software update that enabled the exfiltration of data.  </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Does encryption protect citizen data?"> <h2 class="section-title">Does encryption protect citizen data?</h2> When we get to the responses of the hyperscalers to questions about data sovereignty, we will see an appeal to the fact that data in their systems is encrypted and that only customers hold the keys. We have also seen that the US Cloud Act does not compel a court-ordered company to hand over encryption keys, although FISA 702 can compel “technical assistance” to gain access to data. Here, it is important to drill down into encryption.  Firstly, to say that for most data for most of the time, encryption is as good a protection as you can get. Current encryption standards dictate algorithms that are practically impenetrable. So, if you apply, for example, <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/Advanced-Encryption-Standard">AES-256</a> to data-at-rest or data-in-transit, it cannot be read. The fly in the ointment comes when data is being processed. It’s also a problem for companies that argue that the data they hold is secure because it is encrypted. The problem is that – generally speaking – data-in-use must be unencrypted to be processed. And so, in theory, a foreign law enforcement agency that wanted to access data in a cloud system overseas could order data to be collected during processing. Memory scraping, in which malware scans active memory to steal unencrypted data, is possible, for example. It’s true that most data-in-use is unencrypted, although cloud providers do offer so-called confidential computing of some sort. For example, a <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/definition/trusted-execution-environment-TEE">trusted execution environment (TEE)</a> in so-called confidential computing creates a hardware-encrypted “black box” inside the central processing unit (CPU), which means an unauthorised intruder cannot see inside it while data is being processed. TEEs are breakable, however. It is possible to “listen” to the CPU and measure power consumption or tiny timing fluctuations to guess the data being processed. <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/homomorphic-encryption">Fully homomorphic encryption (FHE)</a> is the Holy Grail, however, because it allows for computation without decrypting data. But that also means it is computationally expensive and isn’t commonplace. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Air gaps, updates and follow-the-sun"> <h2 class="section-title">Air gaps, updates and follow-the-sun</h2> Hyperscaler clouds are an international web of regions and availability zones. They comprise a global operating system, almost entirely managed by artificial intelligence (AI) and orchestrated automation. Cloud networks are made up of regions and availability zones (AZs). Regions are geographically separate – and thus upon them rests the claim of sovereignty by the cloud providers – while AZs are datacentres within a region. AZs within a region are connected by high-bandwidth connections, whereas regions are all interconnected but not by the same low-latency connections. Clouds run on software-defined everything, with every component represented as code, where faults can be monitored and workloads shifted to a different location should issues be detected, and with rolling updates on a non-disruptive zone-by-zone basis. Follow-the-sun in support terms is when support teams hand off responsibility to teams elsewhere in the world to benefit from more convenient (ie, less costly) working hours than the region in question.  Follow-the-sun in workload terms means the movement of workloads across the globe to take advantage of lower energy costs or cooler ambient temperatures. In both cases, there is potentially a risk to sovereignty, by dint of where data resides at any given time and the jurisdiction under which support staff may operate, although customers can specify that data permanently resides in a given region.  If you sign a standard business or enterprise support contract with a hyperscaler, you are opting in to follow-the-sun by default. A standard agreement usually means you agree to terms that allow the provider to support your account from any global location to meet 24/7 uptime guarantees.  It also allows them to route technical metadata (logs, access records, telemetry) to global hubs to maintain the cloud and to allow global administrators access for emergency maintenance, regardless of where those administrators are. The fact that it is metadata that moves potentially allows a provider to say, “We don’t move your data”, but the metadata may be enough for a FISA Section 702 investigation, for example.  You can’t just uncheck a box in the settings to opt out of follow-the-sun. Instead, you have to move to a <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Sovereign-cloud-and-AI-services-tipped-for-take-off-in-2026">sovereign cloud</a> or regulated industry contract – the AWS European Sovereign Cloud or Microsoft Sovereign Cloud, for example. These guarantee that support and operations are handled only in a specific region. There are also “sovereign cloud” solutions, in which the “cloud” is disconnected from the wide area network (WAN). Obviously, if a customer is on a standard contract, support has full oversight of maintenance and updates, and quite likely from anywhere in the world. You’d think that a local sovereign cloud would remove that scenario, but the cloud provider’s infrastructure must still be maintained, and it is via patching that that occurs. Here is where unwanted snooping could be introduced.  Even if the UK staff are the only ones physically in the datacentre, the private keys used to sign “official” software updates likely reside in a hardware security module (HSM) in the US or its facility elsewhere. So, if a US court compels the company to sign an update that contains legally sanctioned spyware, UK “sovereign” staff have no technical way to verify that the code doesn’t contain a backdoor.  </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Questions to the hyperscalers"> <h2 class="section-title">Questions to the hyperscalers</h2> We asked <a href="#AWS">AWS</a>, <a href="#Google">Google Cloud</a> and <a href="#Microsoft">Microsoft</a> five questions around data sovereignty. We also asked <a href="#IBM">IBM</a> and Oracle, because they are both fair-sized US-based suppliers to the UK public sector.  The intention was to gauge the levels of exposure their customers could face with regard to data sovereignty. All responded except Oracle, whose PR representatives failed to reply to three emails.  The questions were preceded by a preamble that drew attention to the US Cloud Act, non-disclosure orders and FISA Section 702, and the powers therein to compel a provider to grant access, forbid notifications to customers of a court order, compel “technical assistance”, and the possibility of updates authored in the US as a means to effect access to customer data.  The questions asked about: <ul class="default-list"> <li>The technical barriers, if any, in the provider’s cloud services that prevent a court order from forcing the use of encryption keys to decrypt customer data.</li> <li>The technical means by which data-in-use functions are carried out without cloud provider access to encryption keys.</li> <li>Whether the cloud provider can guarantee a US-authored software update that contains “technical assistance” aimed at gaining access to data cannot bypass air-gapped systems.</li> <li>Whether the cloud provider has a wholly distinct UK region with exclusively UK-resident support and engineering, including third-party contractors. </li> <li>Whether standard terms of cloud service allow for customer data to be moved offshore, or whether a customer can have 100% UK data residency without a bespoke contract.</li> </ul> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Hyperscalers dodge the questions"> <h2 class="section-title">Hyperscalers dodge the questions</h2> Here we summarise their responses. Full responses are available to view in the <a href="#QandAs">box at the end of this article</a>. Hyperscaler responses to our questions fall under the following categories. “Don’t look there! Look at the air gap!” The subject of the questions was cloud services in general, but responses often shifted attention to specifically air-gapped offerings. <a href="#Google">Google</a> opted to talk about its niche, air-gapped Google Distributed Cloud in response to nearly every question. Perhaps a tacit admission that standard cloud terms of service come nowhere near providing data sovereignty.  Google wasn’t alone here, though; just the most dependent on the tactic. AWS also pointed to its AWS Dedicated Local Zones and Outposts managed on-premise offers when asked about cloud services.   “Look! Local people!” A number of responses tried to distract from the inherent technical vulnerabilities that come with the global, linked nature of hyperscaler cloud. They instead drew attention to the residency or nationality of human operators rather than the reality that automated, US-signed code updates can bypass human gatekeepers entirely. It is virtually impossible for a locally resident operator to scan a multi-gigabyte compiled binary for a state-level backdoor. A backdoor in a modern cloud stack wouldn’t be a line of code that said, “if (user == 'FBI') return data”. It would be a subtle mathematical weakness in an encryption library or a port knocking sequence hidden in a network driver.  Local operators can, at best, scan for known viruses, not state-level “technical assistance”. Encryption? Of course. For data-in-use? Errr. All hyperscalers highlighted the use of encryption in customer data and customer key retention to imply total security.  That works for “at-rest” and “in-transit” scenarios. But it glosses over data-in-use scenarios where data must, in most cases, be decrypted in memory.  If a US-compelled “technical assistance” order under FISA Section 702 forces a US company to push a firmware update to its own HSMs or Nitro controllers, that update is signed by the US parent. Hardware isolation is only as sovereign as the person who holds the cryptographic signing key for the firmware. Also, in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) environment like M365, Microsoft provides the application and is the administrator. Here, customer-managed keys often break “search” and “discovery” features in SaaS. So, if a customer wants to search their emails in M365, the data must be decrypted by Microsoft’s service.  Is it sovereign? Of course; it’s in the EU. In some cases, hyperscalers responded by pointing to European sovereign solutions. <a href="#AWS">AWS</a>, for example, points to its <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366557158/AWS-to-open-European-sovereign-cloud-region">European Sovereign Cloud service</a>, which doesn’t locate data in the UK and is not technically sovereign anyway, given the EU is not a sovereign state.  Meanwhile, if AWS Seattle has “control” over the AWS Germany subsidiary, which it does, financially and technically, a US court doesn’t care about the EU’s “Sovereign Cloud” label. “Trust Me, Bro,” as a legal pledge. <a href="#Microsoft">Microsoft</a> majored on this one in its responses. It switches out technical proof of impossibility for corporate pledges to “challenge every government request” in court. This asks the customer to trust a legal process rather than a technical lock.  Spoiler alert: There are zero known instances where a hyperscaler has successfully and permanently defied a final, non-appealable US court order to protect a non-US citizen’s data stored abroad. To sum all this up, the hyperscalers are essentially saying that standard cloud is not sovereign. To achieve a level of protection that would allow them to answer these questions with any level of integrity, a customer must move to isolated, air-gapped, or hardware-encrypted tiers that are significantly more expensive, regionally limited and functionally constrained. And would that be cloud? </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The paradox of data sovereignty in the cloud"> <h2 class="section-title">The paradox of data sovereignty in the cloud</h2> At the end of the day, hyperscaler cloud is caught in a paradox when it comes to data sovereignty. If a cloud were truly sovereign – disconnected, local-only, human-managed – it would lose the cloud economics that make it attractive due to its global scale, automation and the accompanying economies. And so, “sovereign cloud” is really often a marketing term that means standard cloud with extra paperwork. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading"><a id="QandAs"></a>The questions we asked and hyperscaler responses</h3> We wanted to get to the bottom of just how sovereign hyperscaler cloud services are. The main article discusses the key issues and summarises the responses of hyperscalers to the questions put to them by Computer Weekly. Here we reproduce the questions in full, along with hyperscaler responses. We asked for “specific, technical” answers to questions, and hyperscalers were told general marketing statements or high-level policy positions would not be printed (though that’s what some responses amount to and are printed here). The goal of the questions was stated as: “To provide readers with a clear view of which sovereignty claims are backed by verifiable technical mechanisms and which remain matters of corporate policy.” The following context was also given, namely that under 18 USC 2705(b), federal courts can issue non-disclosure orders alongside US Cloud Act data warrants that legally forbid providers from notifying customers of a breach.  Also, that when combined with the “technical assistance” provisions of FISA Section 702, the US government can compel a provider to facilitate access to data.  Finally, a key assumption stated in the preamble to questions was that because cloud stacks rely on a global supply chain where code is authored and signed at a US headquarters, the “update” is a potential invisible vector for state-level intervention that is difficult to obstruct. <h2>What we asked the hyperscalers</h2> Question 1: If your cloud services require access to data “in the clear” to perform processing tasks (such as indexing, AI inferencing, or analytics), how do you technically prevent a US-compelled warrant from forcing you to use the required cryptographic keys to decrypt and surreptitiously provide that data to law enforcement? Question 2: If you claim to never have access to encrypted customer data, how do you technically perform “data-in-use” functions without possessing the keys to decrypt that data within your processing environment? Question 3: If your sovereign cloud relies on a software supply chain authored and signed by a US-headquartered parent company, how can you technically guarantee that a US-compelled “technical assistance” update – issued under a mandatory gag order – could not silently bypass local air gaps and data controls? Question 4: Can you provide evidence of a wholly distinct UK region capable of operating all core services in total isolation from your global infrastructure, managed exclusively by a 100% UK-resident support and engineering framework – including all third-party subcontractors? Question 5: Do your standard terms of service grant you the discretion to move or “offshore” customer data and metadata for residency, resiliency, or global support purposes, and if so, how can a UK customer maintain 100% residency without a bespoke contract that breaks your global automation model? <h2><a id="AWS"></a>The responses: AWS</h2> Computer Weekly commentary Where the questions ask for “specific, technical” responses, AWS answers vaguely, such as when it refers to “a range of technical measures and operational controls” in questions 1 and 2.  Also, when what has been asked is specifically technical, what appears as a sleight of hand is to refer to operator and staff access to data. In the context of a massive, automated technical environment, whether an individual has access to masses of compiled code in updates is irrelevant.  We see that type of response in questions 1, 2 and 3. The effect here is to draw attention away from a potential scenario in which a US court forced AWS to provide “technical assistance” in an update script that would easily cross borders and bypass human gatekeeping. The idea that some update code is written in European countries is another irrelevance thrown in.  When asked in question 4 about a discrete UK region isolated from the rest of AWS’s global infrastructure, the response refers to AWS-managed on-premise infrastructure. Such an offer might provide in-country capacity – although we don’t know whether updates come from elsewhere – but it isn’t really the cloud.  When asked whether “standard Terms of Service grant you the discretion to move or ‘offshore’ customer data and metadata”, AWS points to its European Sovereign Cloud service, which doesn’t apply to the UK and is arguably not sovereign, given the EU is not a sovereign state. AWS response to question 1:  AWS customers have a range of technical measures and operational controls to prevent access to data, and AWS has designed products and services that make sure that no one – not even AWS operators – has any technical means to access customer content. The Cloud Act does not create any new authority for law enforcement to compel service providers to decrypt communications. AWS response to question 2:  AWS customers have a range of technical measures and operational controls to prevent access to data, and AWS has designed products and services that make sure that no one – not even AWS operators – has any technical means to access customer content. AWS response to question 3:  Only AWS European Sovereign Cloud employees located in the EU and subject to EU law have deployment authority over software updates. Authorised EU-resident employees of the AWS European Sovereign Cloud also have independent access to a replica of the source code needed to maintain the AWS European Sovereign Cloud services. “The premise of this question is also misleading. Amazon is a global company that operates worldwide supply chains reliant on suppliers and teams from every part of the world. Some of our largest AWS development teams are located in Europe – with key centers in Dublin, Dresden, and Berlin – contributing to core AWS solutions including the AWS Nitro System that powers all modern EC2 instances, Amazon Linux, and Amazon CloudWatch. AWS response to question 4: AWS offers several products that help customers address UK-specific sovereignty requirements. AWS Dedicated Local Zones can be deployed in a chosen UK location with local AWS employee operations and security features for data isolation and compliance. AWS Outposts deploy in customer UK facilities with hardware-enforced isolation ensuring no AWS operator access to customer data.  AWS response to question 5: With AWS, customers own their data, control where it’s stored, and decide who can access it. AWS is transparent about how services process customer data, and customers can use tools like AWS Control Tower for management. The AWS European Sovereign Cloud allows customers to keep all metadata they create entirely in the EU, including sovereign Identity and Access Management (IAM), billing, and usage metering systems.  <h2><a id="Google"></a>The responses: Google Cloud</h2> Computer Weekly commentary The questions were about hyperscaler cloud services. Google provided more information than the other providers, but responded to nearly all the questions as if it had been asked about one very specific and not particularly common offering, namely Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped.  GDC air-gapped is an on-premise solution, where – Google claims – any updates must be physically transported across the air gap and can be scanned by a trusted operator. Likewise, it says it literally could not comply with a US court order to spy on a customer or hand over data because it has no reach into their systems. That’s likely true for GDC air-gapped, but it’s not what it was asked about. But, Google – rather helpfully – provides information about its mainstream cloud offer that allows us to get a good idea about standard cloud services terms and conditions that the other hyperscalers don’t elaborate upon. For example, it says: “In a standard cloud, Google pushes updated code silently, and often multiple times in a day.”  Similarly, it says: “Standard Terms of Service (ToS) that govern the public cloud . . . often include clauses for global load balancing, ‘follow-the-sun’ support, and data movement for resiliency.” And: “The standard ‘global support’ model relies on an engineer in any region being able to ‘see’ your project to troubleshoot.” Google response to question 1: In the context of Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped, the solution to the compelled disclosure dilemma isn't just a policy promise – it is a fundamental architectural constraint. Because the air-gapped version of GDC is physically and logically isolated from the public internet and Google’s corporate network, the technical barriers to a US-compelled warrant are built into the "sovereignty by design" model. 1. Physical and Network Isolation No Remote Access: GDC air-gapped does not have a backhaul connection to Google’s global infrastructure. There is no persistent management plane or "phone home" feature that Google can toggle to extract data. Hardware Ownership: The hardware resides in the customer's chosen location (or a partner's sovereign data center). Google employees generally do not have unescorted physical access to the site. 2. Customer-Managed Encryption Keys (CMEK) While processing data “in the clear” requires keys, the ownership of those keys is the technical pivot point: Hardware Security Modules (HSM): In a GDC air-gapped environment, the keys are stored in local HSMs physically located within the air-gapped boundary. Root of Trust: The customer (or a designated sovereign partner) holds the root of trust. Google does not possess a master key or a remote mechanism to bypass the local HSM to decrypt data for indexing or AI tasks. 3. Tactical Operational Sovereignty To prevent surreptitious access, GDC air-gapped utilizes a Sovereign Operations model: No Google Personnel Required: The day-to-day operations, including patching and AI model deployment, can be handled by the customer or a local, cleared third party. Auditability: Every action taken within the environment is logged locally. Since Google cannot access these logs remotely, they cannot hide a data extraction process from the customer’s own security operations center (SOC). From a legal standpoint, if Google is served a warrant for data residing in a GDC air-gapped instance, the technical response is “Inability to Comply.” Because Google does not have the network path to reach the data, the physical access to the servers, or the cryptographic keys to decrypt the disks, they cannot “surreptitiously” provide the data. Any attempt to gain that data would require a physical raid on the customer’s own facility – which falls under the customer's local laws and security protocols, not Google’s. Google response to question 2: In the context of Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped, the claim of no access isn’t saying the data is never decrypted; it is saying that Google (the entity/personnel) never has access to the keys or the environment where decryption occurs. The distinction lies in the transition from Data-at-Rest to Data-in-Use within a boundary that Google cannot enter. Here is how that is technically achieved: 1. Sovereign Boundary Logic In a standard public cloud, the provider manages the hypervisor and the orchestration layer. In GDC air-gapped, the entire stack, from the silicon to the AI workbench, is moved inside the customer’s perimeter. Local Decryption: When an AI model needs to “see” data in the clear to perform inferencing, the decryption happens on-premises using keys pulled from a local HSM  Isolation of the Execution Environment: The decryption occurs within the customer’s air-gapped hardware. Because there is no network path back to Google, the “clear text” data exists only in the local RAM of the air-gapped servers. 2. Customer-Controlled Key Access The software performing the processing must request the key from the local Key Management Service (KMS). Access Control Policies: The customer defines the Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles. Technically Barred: Google does not have an identity in the customer’s local air-gapped IAM system. Therefore, the processing environment can’t “ask” for a key on Google’s behalf, and Google cannot “push” a command to release a key to an unauthorized third party as these are Customer managed encryption keys (CMEK). Google response to question 3: In Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped, this risk is mitigated through a combination of Customer-Led Updates, Binary Authorization, Third-Party Operations. 1. No “Automatic” Updates In a standard cloud, Google pushes updated code silently, and often multiple times in a day. In GDC air-gapped, there is no physical connection to Google. The Manual Bridge: Updates are provided as signed container images and binaries. The customer (or their trusted sovereign partner) must download these to a separate secure workstation, scan them, and then physically move them across the “air-gap” via encrypted media. Technical Sovereignty: This creates a human-in-the-loop bottleneck. A US-compelled “silent” update is impossible because Google cannot “push” anything. The customer chooses when and if to ingest the update. 2. The “Sovereign Operator” Audit A critical technical defense is who applies the update. Third-Party Managed: GDC can be operated entirely by a local, cleared partner (eg, STE in Singapore, Proximus in Belgium). These operators act as a “sovereign shield.” Inspection: Before the update is applied to the live environment, these operators can deploy it in an isolated “staging” air-gap. They monitor for “phone home” behavior (which would fail anyway due to the air-gap) or unauthorized data export attempts at the virtual network layer. 3. Technical Assistance vs. Technical Impossibility A company can be compelled to provide “technical assistance,” but they cannot be forced to perform the “technically impossible.” Hardware Root of Trust: Because the keys are in your HSM, Google cannot remotely sign a command to “export” data. The Gag Order Paradox: Even if Google were under a gag order, they cannot physically enter your data center to plug in a USB drive. If the only way to execute the warrant is to walk a physical drive into a sovereign facility, the legal burden shifts to the local government and the physical security team at the door. Google response to question 4: Yes - this could be built for customers using Google Distributed Cloud Air Gapped, like the landmark deal we have announced for the MOD. In 2025, Google Cloud and the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) formalized a landmark agreement for a sovereign, air-gapped cloud. [Link to press release].  Pasting the helpful info here:  Google Distributed Cloud Air Gapped: The sovereign cloud environment will be built upon Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped, a platform designed for workloads that require strict data residency and security controls. GDC provides a hardened, air-gapped environment, ensuring that the MOD’s critical data remains within UK sovereign territory and under their direct control. This platform will also enable the responsible integration of Google's advanced AI and machine learning tools, empowering the MOD with enhanced analytical capabilities to provide operational efficiencies. Google response to question 5: The short answer is no. In the context of Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped, the standard Terms of Service (ToS) that govern the public cloud which often include clauses for global load balancing, “follow-the-sun” support, and data movement for resiliency do not apply. GDC air-gapped is governed by a separate, specific legal and technical framework designed to ensure that the global automation model is physically unable to move our customers’ data or metadata. 1. Service-Specific Terms Instead of the standard online ToS, air-gapped customers use GDC Air-Gapped Service Specific Terms. These terms explicitly recognize the disconnected nature of the environment: Removal of “Offshoring” Discretion: Because the system is air-gapped, Google legally and technically removes its own ability to move data. The terms define the "Sovereign Boundary," stating that data and metadata (logs, telemetry, and configuration) must remain within the customer-controlled or partner-operated facility. 2. Breaking Global Automation You do not need a “bespoke contract” to prevent data movement because the automation model itself is local. Local Management Plane: In the public cloud, the control plane lives in a global mesh. In GDC air-gapped, the control plane is physically located inside the rack in your UK data center. Hardware-Locked Metadata: Metadata like IP addresses, VM names, and audit logs are stored on local disks within the air-gapped environment. There is no automated routine that can “call” this metadata back to a global database because there is no network route to the outside world. 3. Sovereign Operations vs. Global Support The standard “global support” model relies on an engineer in any region being able to “see” your project to troubleshoot. GDC air-gapped replaces this with Resident Support. 100% Residency of Support: Support is provided by a UK-resident, cleared team. If they need to look at a log, they do it within the UK boundary. No Remote Access: Even if a US engineer wanted to help, they have no technical way to log into the system. The "automation" for support is localized to a secure UK-based operations center. 4. How to Maintain 100% Residency Without “Breaking” the Cloud The innovation of GDC air-gapped is that it provides a cloud-native experience that is functionally identical to the public cloud but architecturally siloed. Local Resiliency: Instead of relying on a US region for backup, you achieve resiliency by deploying multiple GDC racks across different UK-only zones The Secure Supply Chain: Google provides the code (the binaries), but you provide the home. Once that code is installed, it operates as a “black box” that answers only to your local UK administrators. <h2><a id="Microsoft"></a>The responses: Microsoft</h2> Computer Weekly commentary Microsoft chose not to respond to the questions inline, so it’s not as easy to see what its answers respond to. Again, we see reference to “workloads in air-gapped or disconnected environments”, when that was not the subject of the questions.  Where questions asked for “specific, technical” responses, we get bland answers. There’s also a long paragraph about encryption keys that appears to be about data-at-rest or in-transit, which we didn’t ask about. There is also reference to “UK customers . . . ability to store and process their data within UK datacenters . . . [That] includes compliance with local regulations and provides geo-redundant protection for business continuity”.  Microsoft Azure does have a data-in-use encryption offer in Azure Confidential Computing, although it doesn’t mention it by name. In its final paragraph, Microsoft talks of its commitment to and “strong record” in challenging court orders. But really, it amounts to “Trust me, bro.” Microsoft responses Microsoft customers can deploy workloads in air-gapped or disconnected environments using Azure Local and Microsoft 365 Local, with full control over update management, monitoring, and lifecycle operations via a local control plane. External Key Management allows customers to use their own on-premises or third-party Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) for encryption, ensuring Microsoft does not have access to customer keys. Microsoft’s custom HSM is deployed globally. In addition, Azure Confidential Compute, Azure Key Vault, and Double Key Encryption, are designed, deployed, and operated such that Microsoft is incapable of accessing, using, or extracting data stored in the service, including cryptographic keys. Microsoft performs "Data-in-Use" functions without possessing customer encryption keys by leveraging a layered encryption model and customer-managed keys. Microsoft offers UK customers the ability to store and process their data within UK datacenters. This includes compliance with local regulations and provides geo-redundant protection for business continuity. Microsoft does not provide any government with direct, unfettered access to customer data. Any data access request is subject to rigorous review, according to a strict process, by internal and external legal teams to ensure it is legally valid and compulsory, compliant with all applicable law, and strictly limited to specific account identifiers.  Further, as part of our Defending Your Data initiative we’ve committed to challenge every government request for an EU public sector or commercial customer’s data where we have a lawful basis for doing so. We have a strong record of doing just that, including through litigation where necessary. <h2><a id="IBM"></a>The responses: IBM</h2> Computer Weekly commentary IBM considered that question 1 merged disparate issues, so it didn’t answer it. Like others, it answered questions as if it had been asked about air-gapped environments, when it wasn’t.  When asked about data-in-use encryption, it refers to its new IBM Sovereign Core, which appears to be a product aimed at holding encryption keys in-country but doesn’t specifically mention in-memory encryption. It references the same product when asked about “a wholly distinct UK region”. IBM Sovereign Core is currently in tech preview and published materials are a little light on detail. We’d want to know more about in-use encryption and connections to IBM’s global network, updates, and so on. IBM response to question 1:   This question merges several distinct concepts that are technically separate. In modern software applications data‑in‑use processing, encryption key management and lawful access requests, are all designed and governed by different architectural and operational controls. Please refer to questions 2 and 3 for relevant information.  IBM response to question 2: IBM Sovereign Core processes data‑in‑use within the customer application’s trusted execution environment, where purpose‑bound application code determines when and how data is processed; decryption, where required, is transient, in‑memory, and under the application’s control with customer visibility. Capabilities like Keep Your Own Key encryption ensure keys are held and managed exclusively by the customer and are not accessible to IBM. IBM response to question 3: Software supply‑chain, execution in air‑gapped environments, and legal access frameworks are all independent by design, governed by separate technical and operational controls: our clients hold full technical authority in air gapped environments, and IBM technology places transparency and control in the hands of our clients, consistent with our publicly available data access principles and law‑enforcement transparency reports.  IBM response to question 4:  IBM Sovereign Core enables UK enterprises to run and govern AI workloads within the UK jurisdictional boundaries, without relying on a global provider control plane, and with the flexibility to choose UK‑based operating partners.  IBM response to question 5: For more than a century, IBM has earned the trust of our clients by responsibly managing their most valuable data. IBM is transparent about how it handles client data and does so in accordance with all applicable laws. </div> </div> </section> Hyperscaler cloud is inherently global. Does that make data sovereignty unattainable – especially given the powers US courts hold? We grilled the hyperscalers in an attempt to find out https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/cloud-access-and-identity-2-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Is-cloud-data-sovereignty-all-just-a-case-of-Trust-me-bro Wed, 06 May 2026 06:18:00 GMT Is cloud data sovereignty all just a case of ‘Trust me, bro’? Every organisation today is measured by two things: “exit velocity” and its “ability to pivot”. Exit velocity is how quickly you can move away from a technology, platform or contract the moment it stops serving you. Ability to pivot is how easily you can shift direction, technologically or operationally, without destabilising the business. Together, they define a company’s real digital resilience. And right now, most organisations don’t have either. This is the backdrop to new research findings:<a href="https://www.suse.com/navigating-digital-resilience-2026/"> 98% of IT</a> leaders now <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">prioritise digital sovereignty</a>, yet half still lack a formal strategy. Meanwhile,<a href="https://www.suse.com/navigating-digital-resilience-2026/"> 94% say open source</a> is very or extremely important to resilience. The intent is there but the ability to act is lagging. The gap between aspiration and execution reveals a deeper truth: knowing where your data sits is not the same as being in control of it. If you look at recent headlines and analysis on digital sovereignty, the discussion is mostly framed in terms of risk and the need for nation-states to exert greater control over their data and digital infrastructure.  <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about data sovereignty</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">The rise of the splinternet? Data sovereignty risks and responses</a>. We look at the political, legal and economic risks around data sovereignty, the fears for digital dependency and massive hyperscaler penetration in the UK public sector.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Breaking-the-stranglehold-Responses-to-data-sovereignty-risk">Breaking the stranglehold: Responses to data sovereignty risk</a>. We look at the political and government responses to risks around data sovereignty and massive dependence on the three US hyperscalers – AWS, Azure and GCP – in the UK and Europe.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Commentators are heavily focused on the downsides of continued over-reliance on big tech, with the tone skewed towards "threats", "battlegrounds", "traps" and other significant concerns. Crucially, though, much of this commentary conflates two distinct dimensions of the problem and that conflation is itself a risk, because it allows jurisdictional measures to stand in for genuine technical independence. Lack of control So, what’s the problem? In a nutshell, organisations everywhere have built much of their critical infrastructure on platforms they don’t control. This is hardly surprising. The <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Software-as-a-Service-SaaS">outsourced as-a-service model</a> has delivered enormous performance and financial benefits everywhere it is available.  The numbers don’t lie. The global cloud computing market was valued at over<a href="https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/cloud-computing-market-102697"> $780 billion</a> last year, with the sector continuing to trend upwards. And as we know, US-owned providers occupy a dominant position.  And it’s precisely the issue of control, or the lack of it, which has given rise to the digital sovereignty movement.  In Europe, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Breaking-the-stranglehold-Responses-to-data-sovereignty-risk">the regulatory wheels have been in motion</a> for some time. NIS2, DORA, and in the UK the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill, have tightened expectations around resilience and supply chain accountability in critical sectors.  On an organisational level, many businesses believe they are addressing the underlying issues by moving to a national or regionally hosted cloud environment. The focus here is on ensuring data is stored under the governance of localised, relevant rules. After all, sovereignty is primarily about where data is stored, right? Well, not necessarily. The issue is that data location does not equate to control. In reality, even when the infrastructure is in the appropriate geographic location, the systems, software and underlying platforms often remain owned and governed by external providers. In these circumstances, legal jurisdiction and access rights can still sit outside the organisation, particularly as digital systems become more deeply embedded across operations and supply chains. The result is a growing mismatch between perceived sovereignty and actual control. The hidden risks of outsourcing These issues are nuanced. Organisations no longer simply store data in these environments. They run core operational systems on them.  The risk here is one of usage vs control, where heavy reliance on third-party platforms is accompanied by limited visibility into how the underlying infrastructure and software actually operate.  A good example is system updates and configurations, which typically sit with the provider, with customers dependent on decisions made outside their own governance structures. This introduces a dynamic in which critical systems are effectively governed externally, with vendor roadmaps or policy decisions having a direct, sometimes immediate, impact on operations.  The issue is not just dependency per se, but concentrated dependency, with a small number of providers as stakeholders in a significant share of digital infrastructure across multiple sectors. The problems often only become apparent when a particular organisation needs to respond to new risks or when a change in regulation can’t be fully addressed because it lacks the required level of control. The point is that what appears to be a technology decision (ie, which cloud provider to use) actually adds to operational and regulatory risk. Structural vulnerability Is this anything more than a theoretical problem? The short answer is yes, because the implications of this model reach well beyond IT environments to mission-critical real-world systems in daily use. Take sectors such as energy, manufacturing, logistics and aviation, for example, where digital platforms support practically every key process. When control over these platforms is limited, the risk is not just technical but also extends to potential disruptions to services and outputs. In these and many other environments, concentrated reliance on a small number of non-domestic providers introduces a structural vulnerability, where issues that affect a single platform can have wide-reaching consequences across multiple organisations and sectors. This is particularly relevant in the context of unexpected or sudden shifts in policy or international relations that could affect access or service continuity. In these circumstances, organisations may find themselves exposed to risks beyond their direct control, despite meeting baseline compliance requirements. As we have all seen, government policies and ways of doing business can change rapidly and with little to no advance warning. Limiting exposure to such situations is important, including via tech infrastructure. The underlying risk, therefore, is a form of hidden fragility, where systems appear resilient on paper but are constrained in practice by external dependencies to the extent that digital sovereignty becomes an illusion.  Sovereignty needs to be reframed so organisations can have complete confidence in how their outsourced systems and services are governed and changed.  In practical terms, this means having sufficient visibility into services and dependencies to understand how they function and where risks sit. A key requirement is flexibility, particularly the ability to move workloads and data without being constrained by proprietary formats or tightly coupled architectures.  Open standards, open source and containerisation are central to this approach because they decouple workloads from the underlying infrastructure, making it possible to move between providers or environments without being locked into a single vendor's ecosystem. This is common knowledge among IT teams, and now boardrooms and government offices are starting to realise. Without this kind of portability built in from the start, the freedom to act remains theoretical. Without this clarity and freedom of action, organisations remain dependent on external roadmaps and decisions that may not serve their own priorities. Sovereignty, ultimately, is not a legal status, it is a practical capability, measured by exit velocity and ability to pivot. Digital sovereignty is hugely important to IT leaders but in most cases systems have been built on foundations they don’t control. Open standards are key to organisational agility https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/surveillance-camera-security-spy-AlexeyAchepovsky-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-illusion-of-digital-sovereignty-and-the-reality-of-control Wed, 06 May 2026 04:47:00 GMT The illusion of digital sovereignty and the reality of control The Post Office ignored a subpostmaster’s calls for help when she experienced accounting shortfalls while using its ECCO+ system. The software, which was used in Crown branches (larger branches owned and run by the Post Office) and hundreds of sub-Post Offices (small branches owned and run by subpostmasters) in the 1990s, had flaws that could have caused unexplained losses that users were blamed for. In a recent meeting with former subpostmaster Janette Armour, as part of its review of ECCO+, the Post Office revealed it has copies of letters she sent in the early 1990s when she was struggling to balance her branch accounts using the software. At the time, her branch in Scotland was losing hundreds of pounds every week. <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614435/Federation-requests-government-investigation-into-third-Post-Office-branch-system">Concerns over ECCO+ were raised</a> by the National Federation of Subpostmasters (NFSP) in October 2024 on the back of revelations in the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Post-Office-Horizon-scandal-explained-everything-you-need-to-know">Post Office Horizon</a> scandal, as well as emerging <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568092/MP-demands-answers-from-government-minister-over-second-faulty-Post-Office-IT-system">stories related to the Capture system</a> and its flaws. ECCO+ was used in Crown branches in the 1990s, and there were also hundreds of branches converted to sub-Post Offices, which used ECCO+ at some point, according to the NFSP. During last week’s meeting with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Post Office revealed it had copies of Armour’s correspondence about ECCO+ from the 1990s. “I knew I wasn’t making a mistake. I knew there was something wrong,” she told Computer Weekly. Armour was a subpostmaster in Scotland. From 1977, she worked in Crown branches and was promoted to the Post Office headquarters in Glasgow, before buying a sub-Post Office branch near the city with her husband. They were later asked if they would be interested in taking over a Crown branch in East Kilbride, which they did in 1994. ECCO+ was used in the branch, which had six counters. She estimates that she and her husband personally covered at least £16,000 worth of shortfalls a year, for two-and-a-half years. <figure class="main-article-image half-col" data-img-fullsize="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/ECCO-keyboard-800px-CREDIT-The-Postal-Museum-h.jpg"> <img data-src="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/ECCO-keyboard-800px-CREDIT-The-Postal-Museum-h_half_column_mobile.jpg" class="lazy" data-srcset="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/ECCO-keyboard-800px-CREDIT-The-Postal-Museum-h_half_column_mobile.jpg 960w,https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/ECCO-keyboard-800px-CREDIT-The-Postal-Museum-h.jpg 1280w" alt="Photo of ECCO+ keyboard" data-credit="The Postal Museum" height="195" width="279"> <figcaption> Keyboard used with the Post Office’s ECCO+ software </figcaption> <div class="main-article-image-enlarge"> </div> </figure> The losses took their toll, and Armour and her husband were eventually advised to sell their smaller Post Office branch. After losing more money, they had to sell their Crown branch as well. On the last day at the branch, it was revealed to Armour that even Post Office staff knew ECCO+ was problematic. She said the software didn’t work properly from the day it was installed. NFSP CEO Calum Greenhow, who attended the meeting with Armour, said there was a recognition that she had been harmed. “They actually have evidence that Janette was writing to them, telling them that it was a problem,” he said. A Post Office spokesperson said: “We are in contact with the Department for Business and Trade about ECCO/ECCO+, and there is still very limited information, so it is important that any issues are raised so they can be properly reviewed. We encourage anyone who believes they may have been affected by accounting problems linked to ECCO/ECCO+ to come forward to the Department for Business and Trade, or, if they prefer, the NFSP.” A government spokesperson said: “We are grateful to Mrs Armour for sharing her story and issues when using the ECCO+ system. We will continue to work with the Post Office and postmasters to understand the wider implications of ECCO+ and encourage anyone who had similar issues to come forward.” Former Post Office worker and campaigner for subpostmasters Rupert Lloyd Thomas said: “Sooner or later, both the Post Office and DBT are going to have to accept that ECCO+ was defective. Lloyd Thomas, along with Armour and Greenhow, will meet the DBT and the Post Office to discuss ECCO+ further. He told Computer Weekly: “ECCO+ was chronically unreliable, it was a cheap and nasty system. I had a lot to do with work trying to get that system fixed,” said <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366570054/Post-Office-IT-insider-and-the-software-decision-that-lit-the-Horizon-scandal">Lloyd Thomas, who worked at the Post Office for 27 years</a>. But there are significant gaps in the evidence so far, as the bulk of users – Crown branch employees between 1992 and 1999 – are not part of the NFSP, which has been seeking information. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about the Post Office’s ECCO+ software</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614435/Federation-requests-government-investigation-into-third-Post-Office-branch-system">Federation requests government investigation into third Post Office branch system</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616319/Government-looking-into-third-faulty-Post-Office-IT-system">Government looking into third faulty Post Office IT system</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621800/Post-Office-Capture-and-ECCO-users-asked-to-make-contact-with-Scottish-statutory-body">Post Office Capture and Ecco+ users asked to make contact with Scottish statutory body</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620854/Minister-asks-for-evidence-of-Post-Office-ECCO-system-problems">Minister asks for evidence of Post Office ECCO+ system problems</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638929/Email-from-1999-reveals-Post-Office-ECCO-system-crash-problems">Email from 1999 reveals Post Office ECCO+ system crash problems</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> A former subpostmaster repeatedly asked the Post Office for help when unexplained shortfalls occurred in her branch while using ECCO+ software, with evidence of her requests still in the organisation’s possession https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/software-code-error-Bigc-Studio-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642657/Post-Office-acknowledges-ECCO-users-calls-for-help-three-decades-ago Tue, 05 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT Post Office acknowledges ECCO+ user’s calls for help three decades ago <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619039/Google-drops-pledge-not-to-develop-AI-weapons">Google AI workers</a> in the UK have launched a pioneering unionisation bid to end use of their technology by Israel and the US military. The British-based Google DeepMind employees – who aim to become the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Artificial-intelligence-automation-and-robotics">first frontier artificial intelligence (AI) lab</a> worldwide to unionise – sent a letter to management this week to request recognition of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and Unite the Union as their official representatives. In a vote of CWU members at DeepMind, 98% backed the move. John Chadfield, CWU national officer for tech workers, said: “This is a really important moment where tech workers at Google’s frontier AI lab are connecting with some of the most oppressed people in communities around the world in meaningful ways, based on foundational values of solidarity and trade unionism. “By exercising their rights to collectivise they are in a strong position to demand their employer stop circling the ethical drain of military-industrial contracts, echoing the sentiment of many working people in the UK and elsewhere.” The workers are part of a wider campaign, with <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636163/Google-DeepMind-partners-with-UK-government-to-deliver-AI">DeepMind</a> staff globally considering in-person protests and “research strikes” – where they abstain from work expected to significantly improve core products such as the Gemini AI assistant. Google employees have previously protested the ethics of contracts such as Project Nimbus, a joint programme with Amazon to make cloud computing and <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626968/Tech-firms-complicit-in-economy-of-genocide-says-UN-rapporteur">AI tools available to Israel</a> during its campaign in Gaza, which saw upwards of 70,000 dead. Meanwhile, Maven, a US government project from which Google withdrew in 2019 after staff protests, has reportedly been used in targeting in the Iran war. The unionising DeepMind workers are seeking an end to use of Google AI by Israel and the US military. Their demands also include restoring a scrapped commitment not to make AI weapons or surveillance tools, the creation of an independent ethics oversight body, and the individual right to refuse to contribute to projects on moral grounds. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about worker and community protests</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252524426/Google-workers-oppose-cloud-contract-with-Israeli-government">Google workers oppose cloud contract with Israeli government</a>: Google workers and Palestinian rights activists call on company to divest from involvement in cloud and artificial intelligence contract with Israeli government and military, following allegations the tech giant has retaliated against an employee for being publicly critical of the deal.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639449/UK-to-see-weekend-protests-against-dirty-datacentres">UK to see weekend protests against ‘dirty datacentres’</a>: Environmental charity Global Action Plan UK is coordinating a campaign effort to bring attention to wider concerns about datacentre electricity demand, water use and environmental impacts.</li> </ul> </div> </div> A DeepMind employee said: “We don’t want our AI models complicit in violations of international law, but they already are aiding Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. Even if our work is only used for administrative purposes, as leadership has repeatedly told us, it is still helping make genocide cheaper, faster and more efficient. That must end immediately, as must harm to Iranians and human lives anywhere.” Google recently agreed to let the US Department of Defense use its AI models for classified work, a move opposed by over 600 employees. Google staff worry how the technology will be used given the deal could reportedly open the door to autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of US citizens, red-line issues that previously saw the Pentagon impose restrictions on competitor Anthropic. The unionisation bid aims to gain representation for at least 1,000 staff tied to Google DeepMind’s London office. The employees’ letter gave management 10 working days to voluntarily recognise the CWU and Unite, or take other steps such as agreeing to mediated negotiations, before a formal legal process is launched to force recognition. Google DeepMind is headquartered in London, but has about a dozen offices across North America and Europe. “I hope that recourse to the statutory procedure will not prove necessary,” CWU official Chadfield wrote in the letter. “We look forward to working with you in a spirit of co-operation on behalf of the workforce.” The CWU branch for DeepMind staff is United Tech and Allied Workers. Unions send letter to management requesting recognition for Google DeepMind employees, in particular over the company’s involvement in hi-tech systems used in Gaza and Iran wars https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/revolution-protest-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642677/Google-AI-workers-vote-to-unionise-over-IDF-and-US-military-tech Tue, 05 May 2026 06:30:00 GMT Google AI workers vote to unionise over IDF and US military tech We are set to see artificial intelligence (AI) shift from experimental and piecemeal use cases to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Artificial-intelligence-automation-and-robotics">factory automation levels of productivity</a>. That’s equivalent to the 19th century transition when electricity became available to factories – first it lit them and made working hours longer and safer, then it powered assembly lines and machinery to bring a step change in production. That’s the view of IBM CEO <a href="https://newsroom.ibm.com/Arvind-Krishna">Arvind Krishna</a>, who spoke to the press from this week’s <a href="https://www.ibm.com/events/think">IBM Think</a> event in Boston, where he predicted a 40% increase in enterprise productivity by 2030, using AI. At the event, IBM majored on announcements around an <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Getting-started-with-agentic-AI">agent-based operating environment</a> that it said would enable organisations to develop and run swarms of autonomous agents, but bounded by policy-driven guardrails. It also made announcements around <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640318/Funding-and-procurement-to-target-UK-quantum-innovation">quantum computing</a> and the general availability of its <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366637343/IBM-prepares-hybrid-cloud-twist-for-sovereign-AI">Sovereign Core</a> offering. Core to the product offer around agentic AI from IBM are: <ul class="default-list"> <li> Watsonx Orchestrate: A centralised control plane to deploy and govern thousands of AI agents that focuses on auditability and policy enforcement across multi-supplier agent environments. </li> <li> IBM Bob: A specialised agentic development environment with built-in security and cost guardrails, that includes a “Premium Package for Z” to bring agentic AI to mainframe IBM Z environments. </li> <li> IBM Concert: An AI-powered operations platform that provides a single pane of glass for infrastructure, network and security, without requiring rip-and-replace of legacy tools. </li> <li> Concert Secure Coder: An autonomous security agent that identifies vulnerabilities, executes remediation code, verifies the fix, and manages the pull request process. </li> </ul> IBM’s chief commercial officer, <a href="https://newsroom.ibm.com/Rob-Thomas">Rob Thomas</a>, said Orchestrate is already in use by a number of customers. “We’ve had companies like ServiceNow, Salesforce, Adobe, just to name a few, who have taken their agents, enabled those onto Watson X Orchestrate. Lockheed Martin is federating 80 different data sources using Orchestrate and then building custom agents on top.” <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> AI in enterprises is [like] a light bulb ... it’s useful, but it’s not really redefining how the company runs. The AI operating model is about moving beyond light bulbs to things that are more fundamental to how a company operates </figure> <figcaption> Arvind Krishna, IBM </figcaption> </div> </blockquote> Krishna likened the current phase of AI to previous generations of computing, where debate and competition move from core technologies to how they are orchestrated. “Take the example of the PC era,” he said. “It began with a debate on the microprocessor. A dozen companies competed, and then one architecture – in that case, x86 – won out. It then very quickly moves to the operating system on top. We can put the foundation models and the models in that category, and you can see right now the amount of money that’s going into the infrastructure layer. The real value in every one of these comes with the applications and the deployment into enterprises and consumer.”  Krishna added: “Think of the difference between the light bulb, which is useful, and the assembly line, which actually changed manufacturing productivity and growth in the world forever. “AI in enterprises is more of a light bulb. It’s email summaries. It’s document creation. It’s meeting preparation. It’s useful, but it’s not really redefining how the company runs. When we talk about the AI operating model, this is about moving beyond light bulbs to things that are more fundamental to how a company operates, and you can see it in the data.” According to the IBM CEO, AI will bring productivity gains of up to “40, 50, 60, 70%” and will allow businesses to “take those savings and put them back into R&D and into sales that allow us to drive more revenue”. The executives also announced the general availability of IBM Sovereign Core, which allows for an on-premise air-gapped IBM environment, but is also deliverable with Dell hardware and graphics processing units (GPUs). <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Quantum computing ‘just around the corner’"> <h2 class="section-title">Quantum computing ‘just around the corner’</h2> Krishna also declared <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366634198/Government-showcases-UK-quantum-computing-pledge">quantum computing</a> to be “literally just around the corner” and talked about the Cleveland Clinic, which, he said, can now model a 12,000-atom protein. “That tells you that quantum is no longer a science lab experiment. People are doing real use cases of significant scale,” he said. “We think the time period is 2028 or 2029, and the reason is quite simple. Right now, these machines have got hundreds of qubits [the fundamental unit of information in quantum computing] and can do thousands of gate operations or compute steps before they begin to get decoherent and fall into a noise,” said Krishna. “We think those thousands will be in the tens of millions in three years. The moment it is that much – ie three orders of magnitude more compute – we believe [it will] allow people to tackle a lot more real-life problems.”  He added that IBM offers a fleet of quantum computers that clients can access from the cloud and a free level where people can get up to 10 minutes a month.  <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about enterprise AI</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640193/Why-real-time-data-is-key-for-enterprise-AI">Why real-time data is key for enterprise AI</a>: Moving AI from experiment to production requires high-quality, real-time data streaming. Australia tech leaders from Confluent, Bendigo Bank, Telstra, and Coles share how they are turning systems of record into systems of action.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Moving-agentic-AI-from-innovation-theatre-to-enterprise-production">Moving agentic AI from innovation theatre to enterprise production</a>: As enterprises move from prompting chatbots to orchestrating AI agents, IT leaders must rethink governance, data architecture and cost management to avoid chaotic deployments and runaway cloud bills. </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Enterprises are set to make productivity gains as business shifts from point use cases for artificial intelligence to orchestrated, policy-driven deployment of agentic AI, says IBM CEO https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/searchEnterpriseAI/ai-tech/searchEnterpriseAI_007.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642706/IBM-Enterprise-AI-to-shift-from-light-bulb-to-electric-motor-era Tue, 05 May 2026 05:50:00 GMT IBM: Enterprise AI to shift from ‘light bulb’ to ‘electric motor’ era In early April, Chi Onwurah, chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642254/Science-Innovation-and-Technology-committee-chair-questions-UKs-tech-sovereignty-approach">made some pointed remarks</a> about the UK government’s technology strategy, or its relative lack thereof. Her argument centred on our dependency on a small number of Big Tech providers, principally Microsoft and AWS, with Palantir receiving mention due to their NHS and military contracts, along with legitimately framed concerns over UK dependencies on foreign supply chains. There was much to agree with in Onwurah’s article, with just one jarring point – her definition of sovereignty. Namely that, “it means exactly what you want it to mean.” Such a formulation might be political shorthand; the politician making a soundbite of complex concepts for public consumption, but for digital and data sovereignty it’s dangerous to over-simplify. Politicians sometimes choose to be imprecise, but it’s important to be unambiguous here. Digital sovereignty requires that the only legislation acting on a piece of sovereign data is that of its parent country, or if you prefer; “the laws a country accepts to provide judicial primacy”. <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Sovereignty an active digital battleground"> <h2 class="section-title">Sovereignty an active digital battleground</h2> Despite this, Onwurah’s article was a call to action on a topic many readers probably didn’t realise was an issue. Make no mistake, sovereignty is already an active digital battleground for Big Tech and hyperscalers. It is likely to be the defining factor of technology delivery in the UK, Europe and globally for the next few years. The digital sovereignty issue is largely a product of public cloud, and more directly<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-53418898"> high-profile court cases such as Schrems II</a>, which sought to control personal data transfers to regimes deemed less likely to protect it than our own. Before public hyperscale cloud, nearly all domestic and government data processing was performed in datacentres in-country. Non-sovereign IT or software providers occasionally required remote engineer access for support, but most access to your data was physically, as well as logically and digitally, limited to in-country. Cloud adoption, and in particular the UK’s decision to adopt US-headquartered public cloud services, broke down those sovereign walls. Mandated sovereign processes and contracts gave way to as-a-service models while supplier-defined terms of service allowed data offshoring, and it’s the effect of those that have led to pan-European calls for digital sovereignty. Sovereignty is therefore commonly suggested to be a hyperscaler issue, but it’s actually broader than that. All non-sovereign (which principally means US) service providers must adjust.  So, the term hyperscaler isn’t a useful frame for these discussions. Others like IBM, Oracle, HPE need to adapt too, and all the various approaches to sovereign cloud and IT services now distinctly fall into three types that don’t neatly meet the hyperscaler-or-not classification. That means that a hyperscaler-specific focus when it comes to sovereign cloud and AI is counterproductive. Each provider needs to be considered independently on their own merits and approaches. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Geopolitical tension and offshoring worries"> <h2 class="section-title">Geopolitical tension and offshoring worries</h2> Sovereignty worries have also been driven by a period of unusually high geopolitical tension. Whilst the US remains a valued European ally, threats and posturing from the White House have caused concern amongst UK and EU leaders. The result is a swing in the pendulum, with European nations seeking more sovereign control after years of increasing reliance on US-based cloud providers. The IT industry is responding, but not all providers are making the changes they must to operate in markets defined by sovereignty rather than scalability. Of the big three, Microsoft were the first to think about sovereign capabilities. They built a German M365 outpost years ago, though that went defunct in 2022 and they appear to be struggling most with the transition now. Their global public cloud services (Azure and M365) <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632040/Microsoft-hides-key-data-flow-information-in-plain-sight">operate in more than 100 countries</a> that support UK and some European services, so to restructure that into sovereign-first operating models will take some work.  Conversely, AWS and GCP, who both use offshore processing, but are principally regional in nature, are adapting more quickly. Another issue for Microsoft is historic lack of transparency around global data flows and exactly how their platform works. Last year <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366629871/Microsoft-refuses-to-divulge-data-flows-to-Police-Scotland">Redmond was unable to give information on data flows when requested to do so</a> by the Scottish Police Authority (a legal requirement under Data Protection laws). And more recently ProPublica<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-cloud-fedramp-cybersecurity-government"> revealed that US FedRAMP authorities</a> had encountered exactly the same issues trying to certify Microsoft cloud services for US government use. ProPublica claimed that after five years of trying and failing to get core information about Microsoft’s security and data processing in Microsoft’s US Government Community Cloud High platform, they had to give up. This raises a question unique to Microsoft. Can they actually re-model their complex global-by-default services to deliver pure in-country sovereign cloud delivery? They look to be struggling so far. Their commitment to deliver CoPilot in-country AI inference by the end of 2025 for the UK has<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/11/04/microsoft-offers-in-country-data-processing-to-15-countries-to-strengthen-sovereign-controls-for-microsoft-365-copilot/"> just been rolled back to the end of 2026</a>, whilst EU nations will now apparently only get regional, and not sovereign inference. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Sovereignty Levels 1 and 2"> <h2 class="section-title">Sovereignty Levels 1 and 2</h2> Instead of national capabilities, Microsoft is trying to focus buyers’ minds on re-defining what sovereignty means to fit their existing product stack; a strategy that previously sufficed but is unlikely to be successful again. This is the Sovereignty Level 1 response: Adapt the definition to better align with existing product architectures. Most non-sovereign providers have introduced “data boundary” constructs, supported by additional technical controls, though these may not fully satisfy stricter interpretations of sovereignty from data protection authorities. Microsoft leans on this more than AWS or Google, who both have this in their sovereignty catalogue but have already moved most customer discussions on to Sovereignty Level 2. That approach is to partner regionally and work with a local partner through a sovereign operating model. This can improve customer confidence, but where the control plane or ultimate corporate control remains offshore, sovereignty concerns may still persist depending on the implementation. The AWS approach centres on this option, namely that their European Sovereign Cloud is a regional platform they claim fully adheres to EU rules and regulations but fails in the basic respect that the EU is a collective, not a sovereign, entity.  EU alignment also creates a political barrier to non-EU members like the UK. Ceding digital sovereignty to EU controls might be too much for the government to accept. It’s also not yet fully clear that corporate control is 100% vested in the AWS German representatives and Cloud Act jurisdiction might still apply. Microsoft’s efforts to build in-country sovereign cloud in Germany and France are yet to achieve full operation, and moves by both governments to reduce Microsoft dependency may further impact their realisation. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Google and S3NS"> <h2 class="section-title">Google and S3NS </h2> Google’s in-country partner approach has had more success. In a <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252525925/Google-Cloud-fleshes-out-sovereign-cloud-capabilities-for-European-enterprises">joint venture with Thales, named S3NS</a>, they’ve taken a hands-off position. S3NS now offers assured France-specific air-gapped capabilities, a fundamental requirement for sovereign cloud or AI services. Platforms that periodically “phone home” for upgrades, licence checks, or processing do not pass the sovereignty test. S3NS bridges the gap from the Level 2 to the Level 3 approach with fully air-gapped operations, wholly under local control to give self-evident sovereign cloud. AWS and Microsoft have air-gapped options on the table, but Google Distributed Cloud Air-Gapped (GDC-AG) is currently the most well developed and capable, despite still lacking some services that are in their public cloud platform. It’s not particularly cheap – isolated working carries a premium – but the MOD’s announcement of a <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630792/Ministry-of-Defence-signs-400m-sovereign-cloud-deal-with-Google">£400m contract</a> over five years, and others of similar size in Nato and the German military attest to their trust in its sovereignty. AWS’s alternative, LocalStack, works for development purposes but is not rated for production workloads. <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Azure-Local-Disconnected-looks-the-part-for-sovereignty-It-isnt">My previous analysis of Microsoft’s Azure Local Disconnected</a> product makes that look distinctly beta-like in comparison. The landscape of hyperscaler offers for sovereign cloud is thus immature. Google has found a way to deliver locally, AWS is yet to break out of the EU-region model, and Microsoft is already slipping on sovereign commitments it made for AI. Meanwhile, as sovereignty becomes increasingly important, local cloud providers can become viable recipients of investment once again. They will however need time, government support and forward-looking investors to grow. Even then, some will likely fail. One logical answer is a future of hybrid, partnership-led solutions. That requires a technology-neutral, cloud-ready procurement approach from government that makes portability, switching, and multi-vendor operation possible in practice. The big providers also need to be willing to make that work and may need to do so with country specific partnerships. Google’s approach in France through S3NS provides insight into what a national cloud and hyperscale collaboration could look like; a scalable “hyper-core” under national management with flexible in-country SME delivery partners for the edge.   If we’re serious about digital sovereignty across Europe and UK, it’s about time we started these conversations. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about data sovereignty</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">The rise of the splinternet? Data sovereignty risks and responses</a>. We look at the political, legal and economic risks around data sovereignty, the fears for digital dependency and massive hyperscaler penetration in the UK public sector.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Breaking-the-stranglehold-Responses-to-data-sovereignty-risk">Breaking the stranglehold: Responses to data sovereignty risk</a>. We look at the political and government responses to risks around data sovereignty and massive dependence on the three US hyperscalers – AWS, Azure and GCP – in the UK and Europe.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <ul class="default-list"></ul> </section> As data sovereignty comes under scrutiny the more chimera-like it looks, but ventures like Google’s S3NS in France show potential https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/UK-border-control-passport-travel-getty.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Data-is-a-sovereignty-issue-And-broader-than-just-the-hyperscalers Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:27:00 GMT Data is a sovereignty issue. And broader than just the hyperscalers <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Cloud-computing-services">Cloud service provider</a> revenues worldwide for the first quarter of 2026 were up by $35bn year-on-year (YoY) and reached $129bn, according to data from US-based datacentre and cloud market analysts <a href="https://www.srgresearch.com/">Synergy Research Group</a>, which takes into account the hyperscalers – Amazon Webs Services (AWS), Google Cloud and Microsoft – plus tier two providers that include artificial intelligence (AI-)focused neoclouds, as well as more general cloud providers. The market is accelerating quickly – possibly <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638605/Gartner-AI-and-datacentre-spending-ramps">driven by AI deployments</a> – when comparing run rate with actual trailing 12-month revenues. Q1 2026 was the ninth successive quarter in which YoY growth increased, attaining 35%. According to the Synergy data, cloud service revenues have hit their highest growth rate since the fourth quarter of 2021, when the market was 40% of its current size. That swelling of revenues could be down to AI driving major changes in the cloud market. <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Breaking-the-stranglehold-Responses-to-data-sovereignty-risk">The hyperscalers maintain a strong lead</a> in the market, with Amazon in top position – however, Microsoft and Google achieved substantially higher growth rates, with their Q1 worldwide market shares 28%, 21% and 14% respectively.  Among tier two cloud providers, those with the highest growth rates include CoreWeave, OpenAI, Oracle, Crusoe, Nebius, Anthropic and ByteDance. Based on cloud infrastructure service revenues, five <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Weighing-up-the-enterprise-risks-of-neocloud-providers">neocloud companies</a> are now among the top 30 cloud providers. Synergy estimates that – with the majority of major cloud providers having now released earnings data for Q1 – quarterly cloud infrastructure service revenues were $128.6bn, with trailing 12-month revenues reaching $455bn. Those include IaaS, PaaS and hosted private cloud services. <figure class="main-article-image full-col" data-img-fullsize="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyResearchGroup-Q1-rev-GrowthRate.png"> <img data-src="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyResearchGroup-Q1-rev-GrowthRate_mobile.png" class="lazy" data-srcset="https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyResearchGroup-Q1-rev-GrowthRate_mobile.png 960w,https://www.computerweekly.com/rms/computerweekly/SynergyResearchGroup-Q1-rev-GrowthRate.png 1280w" alt="Graph entitled 'Cloud infrastructure services market growth', showing cloud revenue ($ billion) with year-on-year growth rate, tracked against financial quarters from 2020 to 2026. The growth rate shows gradual growth since Q3 2023. " data-credit="Synergy Research Group" height="419" width="559"> <div class="main-article-image-enlarge"> </div> </figure> With historical – i.e. trailing 12-month revenues of $455bn – and a run rate of $514.4bn calculated from this year’s Q1, the $59.4bn difference shows how quickly the market is accelerating, equating to an acceleration delta of 13%. “The Q1 market is now fifteen times larger than it was a decade ago and continues to expand at 35% annually,” said John Dinsdale, chief analyst at Synergy Research Group. “Reaching a half-trillion-dollar run rate underscores the far-reaching impact of cloud computing and AI on the IT landscape. “Our forecasts point to sustained strong growth in the years ahead, with AI continuing to drive usage, unlock new use cases and boost cloud provider revenues. At the same time, the competitive landscape is evolving, with neoclouds playing an increasingly significant role and already accounting for 5% of the total cloud market and a substantially larger share of AI-focused segments.” <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="US fastest growing region"> <h2 class="section-title">US fastest growing region</h2> Public IaaS and PaaS services account for the bulk of the market, according to Synergy, and those grew by 38% in Q1. The leadership of the major cloud providers is even more pronounced in public cloud, where the top three account for 67% of the market.  Geographically, the cloud market continues to grow strongly in all regions of the world. When measured in local currencies, the major countries with the strongest growth included India, Indonesia, Ireland, Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia, where growth rates were all well above the worldwide average.  The US remains by far the largest cloud market, with its scale far surpassing the whole APAC region. The US market grew by 37% in Q1. In Europe, the largest cloud markets are the UK and Germany, but the markets with the highest growth rates were Ireland, Norway and Poland. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about the cloud market</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636876/Global-cloud-infrastructure-spending-hits-1026bn-in-Q3-2025">Global cloud infrastructure spending hits $102.6bn in Q3 2025</a>. The cloud infrastructure market grew 25% year on year, driven by enterprises moving from AI experimentation to scaled deployment, according to research from Omdia. </li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Why-the-CMA-must-act-now-on-cloud-before-the-UK-loses-its-digital-future">Why the CMA must act now on cloud before the UK loses its digital future</a>. The UK competition watchdog is prevaricating over tackling the dominance of AWS and Microsoft in the cloud market – it needs to enforce change soon or UK businesses will suffer.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Synergy Research figures put Q1 cloud revenues at $129bn. Meanwhile, AWS, Microsoft and Google have 63% of the world market, which shows an acceleration delta of 13% https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/performance-fotolia.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642488/Cloud-revenues-up-35-YoY-in-a-hot-market-thats-accelerating Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:20:00 GMT Cloud revenues up 35% YoY in a hot market that’s accelerating IT contractors are being forced to work through <a href="#Umbrellas">umbrella companies</a>. Often, they can’t determine whether those companies are tax compliant, and therefore frequently suffer from unknown deductions, late payments, and inaccurate and opaque payslip information. Those are among the findings of a survey by contracting authority ContractorCalculator ahead of a government consultation set to close on 1 May.  The consultation – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/make-work-pay-modernising-the-agency-work-regulatory-framework">Make Work Pay: Modernising the Agency Work Regulatory Framework</a> – aims to modernise the Conduct Regulations that govern agency treatment of employees and <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620175/IR35-Government-outlines-two-pronged-approach-to-umbrella-company-regulation">bring umbrella companies into clearer regulatory scope</a>, improve worker security and pay transparency. The <a href="https://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/">Contractor Calculator</a> survey asked 730 contractors and freelancers about the impact of IR35 reforms, the role of umbrella companies, and ongoing transparency issues across the UK’s flexible workforce sector. The vast bulk of respondents indicated that the use of an umbrella company is effectively compulsory in most cases. Some 88% said being paid via an umbrella company was the only option in their most recent engagement, while 85% had been told they must use an umbrella company for certain roles. At the same time, contractors are deeply unhappy about being <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366553224/IT-contractors-forced-against-their-will-to-work-for-umbrella-companies-survey-finds">forced into this position</a>. Of those questioned, only 5% said they were happy to use an umbrella company, while 25% said they would never use one and 39% would only use one if forced to. The effect, said the survey commentary, is that a lack of choice is impacting the market, with contractors declining roles or leaving altogether, and so reducing access to talent for hiring firms. The survey also highlighted increased exposure faced by <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614704/Autumn-Budget-Employment-agencies-to-take-on-PAYE-processing-from-umbrella-firms-from-April-2026">agencies and end clients</a> under Joint and Several Liability (JSL) rules that came into effect on 6 April 2026. Under these rules, organisations can be held responsible for unpaid tax where <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366610276/HMRC-could-lose-millions-in-unpaid-tax-as-non-compliant-umbrella-enters-pre-pack-administration">non-compliant umbrella companies</a> are used. But, according to the survey, JSL has not really reduced risk and is difficult to manage.  The survey found 69% of contractors cannot determine whether an umbrella company is tax compliant, and in any case, 34% choose umbrellas based on the highest take-home pay rather than compliance.  <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading"><a id="Umbrellas"></a>What are umbrella companies?</h3> Umbrella companies are often used by recruitment agencies and end clients to run payroll procedures for contractors and freelance workers. The <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621018/IR35-Research-highlights-rise-in-outside-IR35-engagements-among-contractors">number of contractors who provide services via umbrella companies is thought to have soared</a> in recent years, following changes to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632435/IR35-Conservative-Party-pledge-to-reform-off-payroll-rules-gets-lacklustre-response">IR35 tax avoidance rules</a> in the public and private sector. Under the reworked rules, end clients must determine how freelance workers they engage should be taxed, where previously this was the responsibility of the contractors themselves. </div> </div> Additionally, payslip complexity and unclear deductions remain widespread, with gaps that can leave contractors vulnerable to errors and potential exploitation. Half of those surveyed (50%) have discovered unexpected deductions, while 39% report being paid late. Meanwhile, only 30% can confirm payslip accuracy, and just 35% can calculate gross pay from an assignment rate. Assignment rates are the total amount an agency pays an umbrella company for a contractor’s services.  Dave Chaplin, CEO of ContractorCalculator, said: “Our survey results strongly reinforce the direction of travel set out in the government’s Make Work Pay consultation. They highlight, in real terms, the lack of choice, transparency and understanding that contractors are currently facing across the agency and umbrella landscape. “Crucially, our survey shows just how widespread the issue of restricted choice has become, with many contractors being offered roles conditional on using a specific umbrella company. The proposal to remove this practice is essential. Giving contractors genuine freedom to choose how they work will help prevent the kind of market distortions that have previously led to workers being channelled into high-risk or non-compliant arrangements.”  <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about IR35</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620175/IR35-Government-outlines-two-pronged-approach-to-umbrella-company-regulation">IR35: Government outlines two-pronged approach to umbrella company regulation</a>. The government looks set to deliver on its long-promised vow to roll out regulation for umbrella companies. </li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366610695/HMRCs-list-of-known-tax-avoidance-schemes-and-non-compliant-umbrellas-nears-100-names">HMRC’s list of known tax avoidance schemes and non-compliant umbrellas nears 100 names</a>. The number of non-compliant umbrella companies and tax avoidance schemes on HMRC’s name and shame list has doubled in the past 12 months. </li> </ul> </div> </div> IT skills market impacted as contractors forced to use umbrellas or opt out altogether, while tax compliance remains deeply uncertain, with late payments and payslip inaccuracy rife https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/weather-rain-umbrella-climate-RomoloTavani-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642498/Umbrella-companies-not-working-for-IT-contractors-survey-finds Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT Umbrella companies not working for IT contractors, survey finds The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has called on the UK government to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640719/Bank-of-England-IT-project-offers-lessons-for-wider-government">learn from the Bank of England’s nine-year core system replacement project</a>. In a break from the norm, the PAC is making recommendations to the government following a hearing with the Bank of England, rather than to the central bank. MPs on the committee explained, during a hearing in March, that they were <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640719/Bank-of-England-IT-project-offers-lessons-for-wider-government">not used to investigating successful government IT projects</a>. As a consequence, their recommendations are normally targeted at the government department being quizzed. During the PAC hearing, the UK central bank’s <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252457929/Bank-of-England-to-migrate-from-core-system-with-a-one-off-big-bang">nine-year IT transformation project</a> to replace its Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system was likened to an archaeological discovery that could serve as a blueprint for future government IT initiatives. The PAC said its findings offered lessons in leadership, setting objectives and procurement, as well as good examples of early modernisations, adaptability and encouraging staff to openly raise concerns. “There is much that government can learn from the Bank of England’s successful modernisation of a critical part of the UK’s payment infrastructure,” said the PAC. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about the Bank of England’s RTGS replacement</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: square;" class="default-list"> <li>Bank of England IT project success story offers <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640719/Bank-of-England-IT-project-offers-lessons-for-wider-government">lessons for wider government digital projects</a></li> <li>The Bank of England has completed its <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627942/The-Bank-of-Englands-quiet-Big-Bang">generational project</a> to replace part of the UK’s critical infrastructure.</li> <li>The National Audit Office says the Bank of England’s core system replacement project offers <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636265/National-Audit-Office-praises-Bank-of-England-after-complex-mega-project">lessons to other government departments</a>.</li> <li>Bank of England’s <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366545493/Bank-of-Englands-project-to-replace-beating-heart-is-foundation-for-continuous-development">project to replace ‘beating heart’</a> is a foundation for continuous development</li> <li>Accenture will be <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252486914/Accenture-selected-for-key-role-in-Bank-of-England-core-settlement-system">technology delivery partner</a> in the project to replace the core system used to settle payments between banks.</li> <li>The Bank of England will migrate from its current core settlement system with a <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252457929/Bank-of-England-to-migrate-from-core-system-with-a-one-off-big-bang">‘big bang’ migration</a> before the end of 2025.</li> </ul> <ul type="square" class="default-list"></ul> </div> </div> “Given the modernisation of this system represents an all-too-rare positive example of public sector digital transformation, the PAC is taking the unusual step in its report of making recommendations based on its findings for government, rather than the Bank of England, so that lessons can be learned from it.” The £431m RTGS project achieved value for money and demonstrated good digital transformation practice, according to the National Audit Office (NAO). The spending watchdog said the overall cost increased by 15% from the £375m budget, set in 2020. The RTGS system settles £800bn in payments a day, through systems including the Clearing House Automated Payments System (Chaps) and Bankers’ Automated Clearing Services (Bacs). It has been in use since 1996 and is a part of the UK’s critical national infrastructure that ensures money flows in the economy. <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> Our scrutiny over many years could give the public the impression that public sector digital reform and transformation is an endless litany of failure. Our report today demonstrates that success is possible </figure> <figcaption> Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, PAC </figcaption> </div> </blockquote> Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, chair of the PAC, said: “For the government, we simply say: this is how you do it. Our scrutiny over many years could give the public the impression that public sector digital reform and transformation is an endless litany of failure. Our report today demonstrates to the government and the taxpayer that success is possible.” He added: “We have provided here for the government a guide informed by the bank’s success to avoid a repetition of the failures of the past.” Clifton-Brown cited, as an example of a failure, the handling of the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/NSIs-modernisation-programme-A-3bn-lesson-in-how-to-lose-public-trust">National Savings & Investments (NS&I) transformation programme</a>, which he said exposed taxpayers to unacceptable risk. As reported by Computer Weekly, during the PAC hearing looking at the Bank of England project, the bank’s deputy chair, Dave Ramsden, said the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639656/NSI-seeks-Bank-of-England-counsel-over-project-disaster">NS&I is closely engaging with the central bank’s CIO</a> as it seeks support to rectify its ongoing IT transformation disaster. The PAC said the government needs to work to learn these lessons. “For the Bank of England, it must make good on its plans for maintenance and further enhancement of this foundational system. Delivering long-term value from the RTGS depends on the [bank] sustaining and adapting the system as the payment landscape evolves.” <hr> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmpubacc/1732/report.html">Read the full PAC report into the Bank of England’s Real-Time Gross Settlement renewal programme here</a></li> </ul> Members of a parliamentary committee want the wider government to learn from success of Bank of England project https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/London-Westminster-Houses-of-Parliament-exflow-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642486/MPs-call-on-UK-government-to-learn-from-central-banks-IT-project-success-story Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:08:00 GMT MPs call on UK government to learn from central bank’s IT project success story Two Parliamentary committees will come together to look deeper into the failings associated with Capita’s takeover of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS). The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) have jointly invited Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds. MPs in both committees will come together for a hearing on 7 July to “scrutinise problems” with the scheme that has caused financial difficulties for thousands of retired civil servants. They look set to quiz the minister on the government’s <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642492/Was-Capitas-Royal-Mail-pension-contract-a-botch-too-far">termination of Capita’s Royal Mail contract</a>. This was terminated due to “missed milestones” in contrast to the CSPS contract, which was retained despite warnings of missed milestones even before Capita took over the contract from MyCSP on 1 December 2025. In October 2025, the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633358/Capita-rubbishes-Public-Accounts-Committee-report-claims">PAC warned the government</a> about the very same “missed milestone” issues in relation to Capita’s CSPS administration. <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmpubacc/888/report.html">Its report</a> cited the missed IT milestones as reason for concern, among other things. When Capita took over the £239m contract, which was awarded in 2023 in December, problems struck and an <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637837/Troubleshooter-steps-in-as-Capita-and-civil-service-bosses-apologise-for-pension-scheme-problems">HMRC troubleshooter had to step in</a> to lead an “urgent recovery plan”, amid difficulties following the transfer, in January this year. The PAC has already held two <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639026/Thousands-of-unread-emails-and-20-million-database-errors-cause-civil-service-pension-hardship">evidence sessions with Capita</a>, while the PACAC has held one with the Cabinet Office. The announcement of the joint committee hearing said: “Thousands of loyal and dedicated civil servants, and their families, are having difficulties drawing on and collecting their pensions. “Likely topics [in the hearing] will include the government’s termination of Capita’s Royal Mail contract, what Capita and the government are doing to deliver the scheme back to acceptable service levels, and the overall future of the scheme.” <div align="center"> <hr align="center" noshade width="100%" size="0"> </div> Read more: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642492/Was-Capitas-Royal-Mail-pension-contract-a-botch-too-far">Was Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract a botch too far?</a> <div align="center"> <hr align="center" noshade width="100%" size="0"> </div> During a PAC committee hearing in February, Capita said it was “overwhelmed” by around <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639026/Thousands-of-unread-emails-and-20-million-database-errors-cause-civil-service-pension-hardship">16,000 unread emails and 20 million database errors</a> unexpectedly left to it by the previous administrator MyCSP. MyCSP hit back in a letter to the PAC committee, with Duncan Watson, CEO at MyCSP, saying <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641895/Capita-lacked-detail-and-thoroughness-in-planning-botched-Civil-service-pension-scheme-takeover">Capita did not take advantage of MyCSP’s 12 years’ experience</a> administering the CSPS during its takeover, and its preparations for the contract switch – such as dress rehearsals – were inadequate. The PCS union last week called for <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642312/Government-should-drop-Capita-from-civil-service-scheme-after-it-loses-Royal-Mail-role-says-union">Capita to have its CSPS administration contract cancelled</a> in the same way it has with the Royal Mail pension scheme. The Royal Mail statutory scheme contract has annual revenues of less than £10m, according to Capita. The company, which has administered the scheme since 2018, said it “will continue to work closely with all parties to ensure continuity and a smooth handover in line with the Cabinet Office’s future alternative arrangements”. According to figures from Tussell, Capita currently has around 230 live contracts with the public sector, worth £7.7bn. Its <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639758/Capita-secures-decade-long-government-contract-amid-failure-in-public-sight">latest win</a> is the decade-long Synergy Business Process Services contract, which, according to the official tender, has an estimated value of around £959m over the period. The contract supports back-office services for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Ministry of Justice, Home Office, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).  The controversy comes at a time that the government is looking to in-source more government work. Last month, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/modernising-public-procurement-backing-british-businesses-and-building-a-fairer-economy">Cabinet Office Parliamentary secretary Chris Ward said</a> “the age of outsourcing will end”, and announced plans to in-source services. “For decades, successive governments have been – at best – ambivalent about whether public services are delivered in-house,” he said. “At worst, we’ve had outsourcing by default, with public services hollowed out and sold off to the lowest bidder. That era ends today.” The government introduced a Public Interest Test, requiring all departments to assess whether a service can be delivered more effectively in-house before any outsourcing decision is made. This will apply to service contracts of £1m and above, covering over 95% of central government spend. “All departments must also publish insourcing strategies to make the biggest wave of in-sourcing in a generation a reality,” said Ward. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about Capita’s botched Civil Service pension contract</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642492/Was-Capitas-Royal-Mail-pension-contract-a-botch-too-far">Was Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract a botch too far?</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641895/Capita-lacked-detail-and-thoroughness-in-planning-botched-Civil-service-pension-scheme-takeover">Capita lacked ‘detail and thoroughness’ in planning botched Civil Service Pension Scheme takeover</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642152/Government-terminates-Capitas-Royal-Mail-pension-contract">Government terminates Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640779/Capita-left-to-deal-with13000-civil-service-pension-cases-over-a-year-old">Capita left to deal with 13,000 civil service pension cases over a year old</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639026/Thousands-of-unread-emails-and-20-million-database-errors-cause-civil-service-pension-hardship">Thousands of unread emails and 20 million database errors cause civil service pension hardship</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637837/Troubleshooter-steps-in-as-Capita-and-civil-service-bosses-apologise-for-pension-scheme-problems">Troubleshooter steps in as Capita and civil service bosses apologise for pension scheme problems</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633358/Capita-rubbishes-Public-Accounts-Committee-report-claims">Capita rubbishes Public Accounts Committee report claims</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Parliamentary committees to hold joint hearing to investigate the problems experienced in Civil Service Pension Scheme https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/Houses-of-parliament-fotolia.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642539/MP-committees-to-double-up-on-Capitas-civil-service-pension-crisis Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:30:00 GMT MP committees to double up on Capita’s civil service pension crisis DP World Tour (DPWT) Europe has signed a global agreement with <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615212/HCLTech-to-open-AI-lab-in-Singapore">HCLTech</a> to access the skills needed to redevelop its website and fan app in the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642532/Liz-Kendall-talks-up-work-with-middle-power-nations-on-sovereign-tech">age of artificial intelligence (AI)</a>. The global partnership has already seen DPWT go through discovery and scoping exercises and begin some of the initial sprints to build the website and app. DPWT CTO Michael Cole said the complete rebuild comes after using its current platforms for six years: “We went to the market looking for a new tech provider for a range of services, in particular around our websites and app, which, although we get some great reviews, have been in existence now since 2018.” Cole told Computer Weekly: “We felt it was time for a tech refresh, with technology moving at a very rapid rate, around our key shop window to the fans around the globe.” <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Tapping into AI skills and support"> <h2 class="section-title">Tapping into AI skills and support</h2> Beyond its software development expertise, Cole said the organisation wanted to access HCLTech’s support capabilities. He said the acceleration of AI in the enterprise space presented opportunities to improve fan engagement, but DPWT does not have the resources internally to put it “in the strongest position to really continue to be at the forefront of technology”. Cole said DPWT runs a “fairly nimble” IT team, so it taps into partner organisations for skills as it moves into a new development transformation. “We’ve come through the digital transformation. We’re now entering the era of AI transformation, and HCLTech is an obvious partner to be working with us,” he said. HCLTech has nearly a quarter of a million staff in 60 countries, the majority of whom work in software development and support. Work with HCLTech will likely go beyond the initial development of the website and app, according to Cole. “We know that HCL has a huge capability in technology, and brings a big depth of experience in sport as well, so this is very much the start of the journey, and I have no doubt it’s going to evolve,” he said. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Working for and with golf fans"> <h2 class="section-title">Working for and with golf fans</h2> But it’s not just HCLTech and DPWT that are involved in the development of the app and website, with a panel of 300 “of the most fanatical golf fans” also part of the design process, said Cole. This kind of feedback, combined with the application of AI, will help DPWT meet its goal to hyper-personalise experiences for fans. “We want to move away from a world where fans come to our platforms and are content with the information and the insight and the content we give them,” said Cole. “We want to use AI to really get a better understanding of that fan base.” He added that one way the data can be used is to “drive real drama” for fans. “For example, AI can explain what the consequence of getting a bogey is or how the longest drive puts a player in the best position to strike a birdie. It can explain what one shot means for a single round and the overall tournament,” said Cole. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about tech in golf</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Computer Weekly goes behind the scenes at the 152nd Open golf tournament to find out how <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366596514/The-data-networking-and-GenAI-driving-The-Open-golf-championship">tech is enhancing the ancient traditions of the sport</a>.</li> <li>The Ryder Cup sets sporting and organisational bar higher than ever, depending on <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Ryder-Cup-takes-its-best-network-shot">an AI-driven connected intelligence platform</a> to gain real-time insights and intelligence.</li> <li>This year’s Ryder Cup will test out technology to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366550814/Ryder-Cup-testbed-to-feature-tech-firsts-in-Rome">improve how fans digitally consume</a> the event while reducing the workload on IT teams.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Sports association signs up Indian IT firm as global partner as it rebuilds its website and fan app in the ‘era of AI’ https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/sport-golf-4-adobe.jpeg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642386/DP-World-Tour-Europe-selects-HCLTech-for-total-shop-window-rebuild Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:00:00 GMT DP World Tour Europe selects HCLTech for ‘total shop window rebuild’ The government’s decision to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642152/Government-terminates-Capitas-Royal-Mail-pension-contract">terminate Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract</a> exposed its error of judgement in relation to the botched civil service pension contract. The Cabinet Office said it terminated Capita’s contract to administer the Royal Mail pension because of the outsourcing giant’s “failure to meet key delivery milestones”. But this raises questions over Capita not meeting the same fate in relation to its botched takeover of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS). In relation to the Royal Mail pension contract termination, Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds went further. “Capita had an 18-month planning window to prepare for the transition,” he said. “They failed to deliver numerous milestones, including a failure to implement the required IT automation. “The Cabinet Office repeatedly flagged delays in transition milestones,” said Thomas-Symonds. The government had opportunities to be as decisive in relation to Capita’s takeover of the CSPS, but was not. <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Seen it before"> <h2 class="section-title">Seen it before</h2> Back in October 2025, when the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633358/Capita-rubbishes-Public-Accounts-Committee-report-claims">Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warned the government</a> about the very same “missed milestone” issues in relation to Capita’s CSPS administration, it took a different approach. <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmpubacc/888/report.html">The report</a> cited the missed IT milestones as concerns, among other things. At the time of the report, MPs said Capita had only delivered one out of eight transition milestones on time, and that the Cabinet Office had withheld £9.6m in payments. “The Cabinet Office acknowledged that delays to key deliverables were a significant concern, though noted that each milestone has a range of work packages that sit underneath it, and therefore focusing on the completion of the whole milestone probably belies how much work has actually happened,” said the PAC. “It told us that it believed Capita had underestimated the complexity of the transition and the length of time it would take to implement the technology, and that it was working with Capita to produce a new delivery plan with realistic dates.” A couple of months later, on 1 December, Capita took over the pension scheme from MyCSP in line with the £239m contract awarded in 2023. But by January this year, an <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637837/Troubleshooter-steps-in-as-Capita-and-civil-service-bosses-apologise-for-pension-scheme-problems">HMRC troubleshooter had to step in</a> to lead an “urgent recovery plan”, amid difficulties following the transfer. The problems continued, with huge delays in providing pensions, leaving many scheme members in financial distress, including people with no other source of income receiving no pension. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Carry on regardless"> <h2 class="section-title">Carry on regardless</h2> The PCS union last week called for <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642312/Government-should-drop-Capita-from-civil-service-scheme-after-it-loses-Royal-Mail-role-says-union">Capita to have its CSPS administration contract cancelled</a> in the same way as it has at the Royal Mail pension scheme. Capita has retained the contract, unlike the Royal Mail pension deal. Royal Mail statutory scheme contract has annual revenues of less than £10m, according to Capita. The company, which has administered the scheme since 2018, said it “will continue to work closely with all parties to ensure continuity and a smooth handover in line with the Cabinet Office’s future alternative arrangements”. According to figures from Tussell, Capita currently has about 230 live contracts with the public sector, worth £7.7bn. Its <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639758/Capita-secures-decade-long-government-contract-amid-failure-in-public-sight">latest win</a> is the decade-long Synergy Business Process Services contract, which, according to the official tender, has an estimated value of around £959m over the period. The contract supports back-office services for the Department for Work and Pensions, Ministry of Justice, Home Office, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.  One IT outsourcing expert told Computer Weekly last month that questions have to be asked as to how Capita’s reported failures have affected decisions around government contracts. “The government has demonstrated a failure in procurement in terms of managing them,” they said. “Time and again, it has demonstrated its ineptitude.” The removal of Capita from the Royal Mail pension contract could be a defining moment in UK public sector outsourcing. The problems experienced by Capita could make the conversation about delivering in-house easier for department bosses. </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Insourcing strategy"> <h2 class="section-title">Insourcing strategy</h2> Furthermore, last month, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/modernising-public-procurement-backing-british-businesses-and-building-a-fairer-economy">Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary Chris Ward said</a> “the age of outsourcing will end”, and announced plans to insource services. “For decades, successive governments have been, at best, ambivalent about whether public services are delivered in-house,” he said. “At worst, we’ve had outsourcing by default, with public services hollowed out and sold off to the lowest bidder. That era ends today.” The government introduced a Public Interest Test, requiring all departments to assess whether a service can be delivered more effectively in-house before any outsourcing decision is made. This will apply to service contracts of £1m and above, covering over 95% of central government spend. “All departments must also publish insourcing strategies to make the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation a reality,” said Ward. A recently retired civil servant affected by the CSPS’s problems said “the devil will be in the detail” when it comes to the proposed Public Interest Test. “Will this prioritise quality of service, or cost? Outsourcing is at least in part a response to the budgetary pressure that departments have faced, so it would be interesting to know the Treasury,” they said. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about Capita’s botched Civil Service pension contract</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641895/Capita-lacked-detail-and-thoroughness-in-planning-botched-Civil-service-pension-scheme-takeover">Capita lacked ‘detail and thoroughness’ in planning botched Civil Service Pension Scheme takeover</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642152/Government-terminates-Capitas-Royal-Mail-pension-contract">Government terminates Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640779/Capita-left-to-deal-with13000-civil-service-pension-cases-over-a-year-old">Capita left to deal with 13,000 civil service pension cases over a year old</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639026/Thousands-of-unread-emails-and-20-million-database-errors-cause-civil-service-pension-hardship">Thousands of unread emails and 20 million database errors cause civil service pension hardship</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637837/Troubleshooter-steps-in-as-Capita-and-civil-service-bosses-apologise-for-pension-scheme-problems">Troubleshooter steps in as Capita and civil service bosses apologise for pension scheme problems</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633358/Capita-rubbishes-Public-Accounts-Committee-report-claims">Capita rubbishes Public Accounts Committee report claims</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Beyond insourcing, there is another set of suppliers waiting in the wings with their eyes on the public sector. Indian heritage companies like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have been making headway in a sector where they have been virtually non-existent in for decades. TCS is growing its public sector base and is openly discussing its strategy to target business there. <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366574833/Post-Office-scandal-fallout-for-Fujitsu-could-open-UK-public-sector-to-Indian-giants">Speaking to Computer Weekly</a> in 2024 Amit Kapur, TCS’s UK country head, said there was “potential, paucity and action” with “good engagement”. In the public sector, TCS has deals with the BBC, the NHS and Transport for London, and works with the Department for Work and Pensions. It also has form in public sector pension administration, and actually <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366539474/Indian-giant-takes-UK-teachers-pensions-contract-from-Capita">replaced Capita in 2023 on the Department for Education’s scheme</a>, which manages over two million teachers’ pensions with a 10-year contract Infosys, another Indian heritage firm, was recently selected to deliver an HR system to the NHS in a 15-year, £1.2bn deal. This increased the supplier’s UK public sector business more than 160 times over. Before signing the deal, Infosys had just £7.45m in active UK public sector contracts, according to figures from Tussell. </section> The Cabinet Office’s decision to end Capita’s contract to administer the Royal Mail pension follows heavy criticism of the supplier’s work on the civil service pension contract https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/outsourcing-IT-services-2-adobe.jpeg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642492/Was-Capitas-Royal-Mail-pension-contract-a-botch-too-far Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:45:00 GMT Was Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract a botch too far? The North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA), alongside the <a href="http://www.portoftyne.co.uk/">Port of Tyne</a>, autonomous driving technology provider <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366631434/Oxa-gains-more-mileage-from-NVIDIA-for-autonomous-vehicles">Oxa</a> and a consortium of leading industry and academic partners, has delivered the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/north-east-automotive-alliance_autonomous-bus-and-baggage-handler-projects-activity-7355592870231244801-ECbA/">Port‑Connected and Automated Logistics</a> (P-CAL) project. The Port of Tyne is one of the UK’s major deep-sea ports handling specialised bulk and containerised products, alongside delivery logistics, and assisting growing passenger numbers via its International Passenger Terminal. Overall, the Port of Tyne adds £658m to the local economy, supporting 10,400 jobs directly and indirectly, and as one of the UK’s largest trust ports. Fully self-financing, it runs on a commercial basis, reinvesting all of its profits back into facilities along the River Tyne for the benefit of the North East and its stakeholders. Delivered and funded through the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641716/UK-government-accelerates-autonomous-vehicle-development-funding">UK government’s CAM [Connected and Automated Mobility] Pathfinder programme</a>, NEAA – a collaborative, industry-led cluster dedicated to fostering a competitive and sustainable environment for businesses – is working with its partners to deliver P-CAL to demonstrate autonomous container transport at the Port of Tyne. The initiative will see the deployment of a fully autonomous terminal tractor and secure mesh communication network to move containers between the dockside and the container compound, creating a UK first in waterside port automation. P-CAL was designed to push the boundaries of autonomous logistics by deploying and validating a fully autonomous terminal tractor in a live port environment. Building on the North East’s earlier <a href="https://northeastautomotivealliance.com/neaa-projects/v-cal/">5G CAL and V‑CAL initiatives</a> – which looked to assess the commercial viability of deploying autonomous yard tractors on the Vantec-Nissan route in Sunderland – the project worked to move autonomous technology from proof‑of‑concept trials into a complex, safety‑critical, real‑world operational setting. Over the course of the project, the consortium is said to have successfully designed, integrated and tested an autonomous container transport service capable of operating on a busy quayside. The scope of work included the deployment of a fully autonomous terminal tractor; a resilient mesh communication network; the capability to integrate with terminal operating systems; real‑time coordination with live crane movements; and the implementation of a cyber security framework to enable safe, remote and automated operations. The system was developed and tested in a newly defined and highly complex operational design domain. This is said to reflect the realities of a working port environment where traffic density, variable conditions and human interaction present unique challenges. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about autonomous port technology</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637131/Hutchison-Ports-completes-private-5G-network-at-UK-hub">Hutchison Ports completes private 5G network at UK hub</a>: Hutchison Ports taps into global mobile network to support autonomous trucks and future digital innovation.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626503/Thames-Freeport-lands-multisite-private-5G-network">Thames Freeport lands multisite private 5G network</a>: Verizon Business and Nokia to deliver multiple dedicated infrastructures to enhance port operations with AI-driven data analytics, autonomous vehicle control and real-time logistics orchestration.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366560332/Norfolk-International-Terminal-expands-private-5G-for-Port-of-Virginia">Norfolk International Terminal expands private 5G for Port of Virginia</a>: One of the largest commercial shipping hubs in the US plans to use its private 5G network to enable drones used for safety and surveillance, autonomous trucks and mobile cranes, and cost reduction from reduced downtime.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632398/OPCSA-terminal-gains-sharper-edge-with-private-5G-connectivity">OPCSA terminal gains sharper edge with private 5G connectivity</a>: Neutral host provider to design, deploy and operate a private 5G network at the Canary Islands’ largest container terminal, reducing costs associated with inefficiencies in the maintenance and monitoring of assets.</li> </ul> </div> </div> The regional and national partnership delivering the project combined expertise across autonomous systems, logistics, cyber security, academia, legal compliance and industrial operations. The consortium believes its project has generated valuable technical, operational and regulatory insight that will inform the future deployment of CAM services across ports, logistics hubs and industrial sites nationwide. By augmenting the capability of the existing workforce, it says it has shown that autonomous systems can take on repetitive or more hazardous tasks, allowing skilled workers to focus on higher-value roles. This is seen as particularly vital for the North East, ensuring the region remains at the forefront of industrial evolution while creating a more resilient and tech-enabled labour market. “Delivering autonomous logistics in a live port environment has been a major step forward for the sector,” said Graeme Hardie, operations director at the Port of Tyne. “P-CAL has shown what’s possible when innovation is applied to real operational challenges, improving safety, efficiency and sustainability. The Port of Tyne is proud to have played a leading role in a project that will influence how ports across the UK and beyond approach automation.” Oxa founder and CEO Paul Newman added: “The success of P-CAL proves how autonomy will enable the future of resilient logistics operations. Through the project, we’ve demonstrated that existing work vehicles can be turned into a digital workforce – successfully completing autonomous container movements in a dynamic quayside environment, while providing worksite intelligence necessary for real-time industrial optimisation. P-CAL provides a blueprint for how ports and industrial hubs worldwide can deploy autonomous technology to drive productivity, efficiency and safety.” CAM Pathfinder is funded by the UK government, delivered by the Department for Business and Trade in partnership with automated mobility firm <a href="https://zenzic.io/">Zenzic</a> and <a href="https://www.ukri.org/councils/innovate-uk/">Innovate UK</a>, the UK’s national innovation agency. Zenzic programme director Mark Cracknell said: “P-CAL is a strong example of how government and industry can work together to accelerate the commercial readiness of CAM technologies. Projects like this are vital in turning innovation into deployment, creating high‑value jobs and ensuring the UK remains globally competitive in connected and automated mobility. As the project closes, the outcomes and learning from P-CAL will continue to shape future CAM initiatives, investment opportunities and policy development, both regionally and nationally.” The next phase of the project will examine how the system performs across broader port operations, including the added pressures of multiple vehicles working alongside people, equipment and live commercial activity. Autonomous port logistics project delivering improvements in terms of real operational challenges, safety, efficiency and sustainability https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/rms/computerweekly/Port-of-Tyne-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642355/Port-of-Tyne-advances-connected-mobility-autonomous-logistics Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:15:00 GMT Port of Tyne advances connected mobility, autonomous logistics Security leaders should be turning <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Confidence-in-AI-powered-cyber-must-be-earned-not-assumed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offensive artificial intelligence (AI) cyber tools</a> on their own systems before threat actors do, exploiting the innate defenders’ advantage to attain the high ground and increase their chances of withstanding a cyber attack. So says Yinon Costica, co-founder of <a href="https://www.wiz.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google-owned Wiz</a>, who, speaking at <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/google-cloud-next/welcome-to-google-cloud-next26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas</a>, argued that defenders can win against attackers by using AI to exploit an advantage that may not appear obvious at first glance, that of context. “The same AI model can obviously produce very different results based on the context that we feed into it,” he said. “Now, attackers hopefully have much less context about us, while as defenders we do have a lot of context about our environments that we can share with the model. “If, as defenders, we take the first movers’ advantage and we use the AI against ourselves, with the context we have, we actually stand a chance to win … But we need to act fast,” said Costica. “We need to start using AI against ourselves as much as possible, whether it’s to scan attack surfaces, scan code, scan anything, in order to be the first one to see the results and not to wait for the bad guys to do it before us.” As speed becomes ever more of the essence in cyber security, Costica conceded that this would be a challenge for defenders – but noted that the tools to do this are rapidly becoming available. To try to help, Wiz unveiled three new <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/AI-agents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AI agents</a> at Google Cloud Next – red, green and blue – which are named for the human cyber teams they are designed to help. “What agents allow us to do is really get to the next level of acceleration [and] automation of security work,” said Costica. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more from Google Cloud Next</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Attendees at Google Cloud Next in Las Vegas are backing AI all the way to the bank. But as AI turns up in everything, everywhere, all at once, we’re going to need to get a lot stricter <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Google-Cloud-Next-Its-time-to-create-value-not-slop-from-the-AI-boom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">about what we use it for</a>.</li> <li>With more AI agents moving to production, Google Cloud is targeting governance, multi-cloud data architecture and purpose-built silicon to help enterprises <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641999/Google-launches-Gemini-Agent-Platform-eighth-generation-TPUs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">orchestrate agentic workflows</a>.</li> <li>Blue chips will expand use of Gemini Enterprise AI agents on a revamped platform, but how far its appeal will extend beyond the Google Cloud user base <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchitoperations/news/366642097/Merck-Home-Depot-tap-Gemini-Enterprise-for-AI-agent-development" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remains to be seen</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> The red agent is designed to assist red team penetration testing work by probing deep into its owners’ IT estate, identifying potential exposures, such as <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618596/DeepSeek-API-chat-log-exposure-a-rookie-cyber-error" target="_blank" rel="noopener">application programming interfaces</a>, end-of-life <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641403/Russian-cyber-spies-targeting-consumer-Soho-routers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">edge networking kit</a> or operational technology (OT) assets, and runs penetration tests on them. The green agent follows on by automating the triage process, something that can take ages for humans. Finally, the blue agent acts as a detective, doing the investigative work that can also be a lengthy process for human teams. “These three agents together form a layer that is autonomous and automated,” said Costica. “It’s not revolutionary in that it aligns closely to how security teams have been working for many years, but now it allows each team to automate their workflows. “It’s like living in the future in the eyes of security teams because it means that from the moment they find a risk, they can automate the process to find who owns it and deliver the code fix to complete and redeploy to production.” A little over a month on from the closure of the $32bn acquisition of Wiz – Google’s largest purchase to date – the two organisations reaffirmed their commitment to providing a unified security platform, retaining Wiz’s brand, that will enhance the speed with which customers detect, prevent and respond to threats, especially emerging ones created using AI. The duo also claim their combined capability will accelerate adoption of multi-cloud security and spur more confidence in innovation around cloud and AI. Wiz’s products are also to continue to be made available across other platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. It also announced support for Databricks and agent studios such as AWS Agentcore, Microsoft Azure Copilot Studio and Salesforce Agentforce, as well as the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, and continues to support security ecosystems with integrations to the outer layer of the cloud, including Google Cloud Apigee, Cloudflare AI Security for Apps, and the Vercel platform. Behind the scenes, Wiz has also updated how it integrates security detections from Wiz Defend with Google Security Operations and Mandiant Threat Defence to make life easier for human analysts. And it announced new capabilities to secure the AI-native deployment cycle. These include scanning vibe coded applications for issues; AI-generated code scanning and vulnerability remediation; agent-based remediation allowing teams to automate remediation workflows; and an AI bill of materials to keep on top of the use of shadow AI for coding. At Google Cloud Next, Wiz co-founder Yinon Costica called on security defenders to use AI to steal a march on threat actors, and launched agentic capabilities for cyber teams https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/Robot-AI-books-learning-Adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642436/Wiz-founder-Hack-yourself-with-AI-before-the-bad-guys-do Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:15:00 GMT Wiz founder: Hack yourself with AI, before the bad guys do The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union has said government should end an outsourcing contract with Capita in its troubled civil service pension after it cut the supplier in a separate government-run scheme. After a Cabinet Office announcement that Capita is <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642152/Government-terminates-Capitas-Royal-Mail-pension-contract">losing its contract to administer the Royal Mail pension scheme</a>, due to “missed milestones” among other things, the PCS called for the same rationale to be applied to the troubled civil service arrangement. Capita’s failures since it took over the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) administration in December 2025 have been aired in public, but the supplier has retained the contract. The PCS said the government must “urgently follow the decision to terminate Capita’s contract with the Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme” by taking the same action on the civil service contract. Announcing Capita’s termination in the House of Commons, Cabinet Office minster Nick Thomas-Symonds said: “Capita had an 18-month planning window to prepare for the transition. They failed to deliver numerous milestones, including a failure to implement the required IT automation. The Cabinet Office repeatedly flagged delays in transition milestones.” Following the minister’s comments, a Cabinet Office spokesperson confirmed: “We have terminated the contract with Capita for the Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme following their failure to meet key delivery milestones.” The <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641895/Capita-lacked-detail-and-thoroughness-in-planning-botched-Civil-service-pension-scheme-takeover">CSPS has had huge problems since Capita replaced MyCSP</a> as pension administrator in December 2025. Capita has faced criticism this year following its takeover of the Civil Service Pension Scheme administration, which has seen thousands of former civil servants face financial hardship due to delays. <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about Civil Service pension problems</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641895/Capita-lacked-detail-and-thoroughness-in-planning-botched-Civil-service-pension-scheme-takeover">Capita lacked ‘detail and thoroughness’ in planning botched Civil Service Pension Scheme takeover</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642152/Government-terminates-Capitas-Royal-Mail-pension-contract">Government terminates Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640779/Capita-left-to-deal-with13000-civil-service-pension-cases-over-a-year-old">Capita left to deal with 13,000 civil service pension cases over a year old</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639026/Thousands-of-unread-emails-and-20-million-database-errors-cause-civil-service-pension-hardship">Thousands of unread emails and 20 million database errors cause civil service pension hardship</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637837/Troubleshooter-steps-in-as-Capita-and-civil-service-bosses-apologise-for-pension-scheme-problems">Troubleshooter steps in as Capita and civil service bosses apologise for pension scheme problems</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633358/Capita-rubbishes-Public-Accounts-Committee-report-claims">Capita rubbishes Public Accounts Committee report claims</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> PCS general secretary Fran Heathcote said the decision to terminate Capita’s role in the Royal Mail pension scheme is proof that “this can be done”. “When a contractor fails, contracts can and should be ended,” she said. “The same must apply to the civil service pension scheme. We have consistently raised the alarm as civil servants and pensioners have been left in distress, facing delays and errors to the payments they rely on. The PCS is calling for the government to bring the service back in-house to ensure accountability and proper service for members. In March, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/modernising-public-procurement-backing-british-businesses-and-building-a-fairer-economy">Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary Chris Ward said</a>: “For decades, successive governments have been, at best, ambivalent about whether public services are delivered in-house. At worst, we’ve had outsourcing by default, with public services hollowed out and sold off to the lowest bidder. That era ends today.” The government introduced a Public Interest Test, requiring all departments to assess whether a service can be delivered more effectively in-house before any outsourcing decision is made. This will apply to service contracts of £1m and above, covering over 95% of central government spend. “All departments must also publish insourcing strategies to make the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation a reality,” said Ward. A recently retired civil servant still waiting for his pension, which has been delayed due to Capita failings, said: “I’d agree that shockingly bad performance should have serious consequences, and I was therefore heartened to hear that Capita had lost the Royal Mail contract. I am sympathetic to what the PCS is saying, particularly on accountability. “But the reality will be more complicated and require careful thought and planning,” he added. “There aren’t battalions of civil servants on standby ready for the work. Significant investment would be required in people and IT for this to happen, as well as political agreement to a rise in civil service headcount. Time would be needed to plan and implement a robust system, so change would take time. What happens in the interim?” Union representing civil servants said that when outsourcing suppliers fail, they should be dropped https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/London-Westminster-Parliament-1-adobe.jpeg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642312/Government-should-drop-Capita-from-civil-service-scheme-after-it-loses-Royal-Mail-role-says-union Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:45:00 GMT Government should drop Capita from civil service scheme after it loses Royal Mail role, says union ComputerWeekly.com 60 editor@computerweekly.com