Copyright TechTarget - All rights reserved ComputerWeekly’s best articles of the day https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Techtarget Feed Generator en Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:34:36 GMT https://www.computerweekly.com editor@computerweekly.com <p>Anthropic has been forced to suspend two of its artificial intelligence (AI) models globally after the US government issued a directive prohibiting their use by foreign nationals over “national security” concerns.</p> <p>The move to suspend Anthropic’s models came just days after the launch of the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-truth-about-Claude-Mythos-is-less-dramatic-than-it-seems">Claude Mythos 5</a> frontier model, with the US government claiming it had “become aware” of a jailbreaking method that allowed its safeguards to be bypassed.</p> <p>Anthropic then <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/fable-mythos-access">announced the suspension of its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models</a>, both of which are built on Claude Mythos, which the company has touted as having the “<a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-fable-5-mythos-5">strongest cyber security capabilities</a> of any model in the world”.</p> <p>Access to Mythos 5 has been restricted by the firm and is only available through a “trusted access program” of around 50 organisations – including cyber security partners and researchers – that use it to conduct advanced cyber security analysis to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641789/A-tsunami-of-flaws-When-frontier-AI-and-Patch-Tuesday-collide">find and patch vulnerabilities</a> before the technology is available to attackers.</p> <p>Fable 5 is the consumer-facing version built with extra safeguards, which the US government found a method of jailbreaking.</p> <p>Anthropic made clear in its statement that it did not agree with the US government’s decision to recall the AI models. It pushed back on claims of the models’ vulnerability, describing it as “minor” and “relatively simple”, adding that “if this standard was applied across the industry, we believe it would essentially halt all new model deployments for all frontier model providers”.</p> <p>This is the first time the US government has exercised an export control directive against an AI firm. In response, more than 80 cyber security leaders, including Nvidia and Adobe, signed an&nbsp;<a href="https://freefable.org/">open letter</a> in support of Anthropic, urging the government to lift the control directive and ensure regulations are “enforced transparently and fairly”.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Growing concerns over UK’s reliance on US tech"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Growing concerns over UK’s reliance on US tech</h2> <p>The episode between Anthropic and the US government comes amid increasing concern among UK MPs about the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641487/UK-reliance-on-US-big-tech-companies-is-national-security-risk-claims-report">over-reliance on US tech companies</a>, which has previously led to calls for the UK government to&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644347/MPs-call-for-UK-government-to-back-sovereign-IT">back sovereign IT</a>.</p> <p>Following the suspension,&nbsp;<a href="https://arc.net/l/quote/auqiekub">Baroness Beeban Kidron</a> questioned the government in the House of Lords about whether the increased dependence on US companies in health, education and security created a critical vulnerability for national security.</p> <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> Many of today’s technological dependencies were established in an era of relative geopolitical stability and a baseline assumption of trust. Recent events, however, demonstrate that this assumption has been undermined </figure> <figcaption> <strong>Sharinee Jagtiani, German Marshall Fund</strong> </figcaption> <i class="icon" data-icon="z"></i> </div> </blockquote> <p>Responding to Kidron on behalf of the government, <a href="https://arc.net/l/quote/cutozqii">Baroness Lloyd of Effra</a> did not directly address the concerns raised about national security, but did stress the need for the UK to develop sovereign AI capabilities. “Our approach is about building strength over key parts of the value chain to bring to the table technologies that no one else can do without,” she said.</p> <p>Concerns over the UK’s reliance on US technology were also raised by MPs in April 2026, after a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641487/UK-reliance-on-US-big-tech-companies-is-national-security-risk-claims-report">report by the Open Rights Group (ORG)</a> flagged the national security and economic risks to the UK’s critical infrastructure, and the potential of services being shut down by US order.</p> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637125/Campaigners-urge-UK-to-develop-digital-sovereignty-strategy">ORG previously warned</a>, in January 2026, that hyperscale cloud services such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are bound by US law, meaning American authorities hold the power to demand access to data stored in the UK.</p> <p>Sharinee Jagtiani, a geopolitical analyst at the US-based German Marshall Fund, said: “Many of today’s technological dependencies were established in an era of relative geopolitical stability and a baseline assumption of trust. Recent events, however, demonstrate that this assumption has been undermined.”</p> <p>The next step should be focused on mitigating risk and shifting towards “managed interdependence” to increase resilience, said Jagtiani. European countries are likely to start by advancing policy initiatives to support domestic technology ecosystems and reduce exposure to external shocks.</p> <p>“Global businesses and public institutions must now operate in an environment where technological dependencies can be weaponised, and factor that in as they build out their business models and policies,” Jagtiani added.</p> <p>This includes strengthening a country’s role in emerging technology chains, developing a diverse supplier base rather than relying too heavily on a single partner – for example, by deepening connections with “technology middle powers” such as Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea and India.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Anthropic versus the US government"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Anthropic versus the US government</h2> <p>Tensions between Anthropic and the US government have been escalating for some time. This began when Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei, <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war">denied the US military</a> use of its AI models for “fully autonomous lethal weapons or mass domestic surveillance of Americans” in February 2026.</p> <p>The US government responded by putting Anthropic on a national security blacklist – with defence secretary Pete Hegseth labelling the company a “supply chain risk” – meaning the service is not secure enough for government use. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5g3z3xe65o">Anthropic sued</a> the US Department of Defence over this move.</p> <p>Claude was prohibited from use in the Pentagon as a result. Despite this, the AI model was used by the US military in the conflict in Iran, as <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/12/karp-palantir-anthropic-claude-pentagon-blacklist.html">reported by CNBC</a>.</p> <p>A&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg4p02lvd0o">US federal judge</a> ultimately ruled that the Pentagon’s directive could not be enforced, finding that the government’s measures appeared designed to punish Anthropic rather than address any genuine security concern.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Commercial organisations"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Commercial organisations</h2> <p>This incident has similarly sparked conversation within commercial organisations that rely on US-owned AI models.</p> <p>Mary Mesaglio, analyst at business management consultancy Gartner, said this incident emphasised the “need for organisations to be intentional about sovereignty dependencies and, where possible, to design model-agnostic architectures”.</p> <p>She added that CIOs and AI leaders must stabilise AI-dependent workflows now and use this event to focus on model concentration risk, talent-technology resilience and sovereign AI disruption.</p> <p>From a cyber security perspective, Jamie Moles, a senior technical manager at US-based AI cyber security company ExtraHop, said: “The concern over a ‘jailbreak’ that uncovers software flaws highlights why a defence-in-depth strategy is non-negotiable.”</p> <p>He added: “Perfect model resistance doesn’t exist, and it’s important to never rely on just one model, as an action like this can create significant setbacks for the individual user and wider projects across an organisation.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about artificial intelligence</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621215/Military-AI-caught-in-tension-between-speed-and-control">Military AI caught in tension between speed and control</a>: The use of artificial intelligence in military contexts can unlock a range of benefits for defence organisations, but also highlights a clear tension between speed and control baked into the technology.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640322/UK-MoD-awards-more-than-two-dozen-contracts-for-AI-targeting-systems">UK MoD awards more than two dozen contracts for AI targeting systems</a>: The UK Ministry of Defence is ramping up its investment into military artificial intelligence in a bid to increase the ‘lethality’ of the British armed forces.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366582579/Autonomous-weapons-reduce-moral-agency-and-devalue-human-life">Autonomous weapons reduce moral agency and devalue human life</a>: Military technology experts gathered in Vienna have warned about the detrimental psychological effects of AI-powered weapons, arguing that implementing systems of algorithm-enabled killing dehumanises both the user and the target.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> The US government’s control order to suspend access to Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models raises concerns about the UK’s over-reliance on American tech https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/AI-LLM-apps-ChatGPT-Claude-Gemini-Deepseek-Copilot-Perplexity-akinbostanci-getty-RF-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644826/US-suspension-of-Anthropic-models-prompts-AI-sovereignty-calls Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:15:00 GMT <p>Emmanuel Frenehard, <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/tip/Chief-digital-officer-vs-chief-technology-officer-An-explainer">chief digital officer</a> (CDO) at biopharmaceutical giant Sanofi, recognises that the CDO role often means different things in different companies.</p> <p>At Sanofi, it was decided that the role would be an all-encompassing position, overseeing business applications, infrastructure, cyber security, data, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital services. There are also professionals in Frenehard’s team who cover research and development, manufacturing and commercial activities.</p> <p>“But there’s a common thread – and that’s our intention to save time for patients,” he says.</p> <p>“We’ve set ourselves this ambition – which is not mathematically tracked – to say, can we halve the time of drug development? Because it takes 10 to 12 years to create a new drug and take it to patients, and 90% of drugs fail. What if, through the power of data, digital, AI and software development, you could reduce that time to five to six years?”</p> <p>Frenehard describes his role as humbling. Drug development failure rates can be as high as 90%, which has important commercial ramifications, but also, more importantly, health implications for patients. He says it’s a privilege to lead the team that works to find potentially life-changing answers to challenging scientific questions.</p> <p>“It’s a job where you feel like you have a lot of responsibilities, because you certainly don’t want to fail, and there are difficulties because we work in a slow-moving industry,” he says.</p> <p>“If you’re going to do an experiment on finding new biomarkers for patients, you’re going to need a certain amount of patient data that might include biopsies and blood samples, and it might take a couple of years to validate the hypothesis, so the cycles are very lengthy.”</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Embracing the opportunity"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Embracing the opportunity</h2> <p>Frenehard has been Sanofi CDO since September 2023, having originally joined the organisation in 2020. He previously worked at media and entertainment specialists iFlix and <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252513371/CDO-interview-Lisa-Valentino-executive-VP-for-client-and-brand-solutions-Disney-Advertising-Sales">Walt Disney</a>.</p> <p>“I thought media was great and I believe in the power of entertainment,” he says. “We all live difficult lives, and I felt like there’s an escapism that you have when you watch a movie or sports. There’s a moment where all your worries are gone, and so I always thought delivering that content was a noble mission.”</p> <blockquote> <div class="imagecaption alignLeft"> <img src="https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/rms/computerweekly/Emmanuel-Frenehard-Sanofi-PR-140x180px.jpg" alt="Photo of Sanofi CDO Emmanuel Frenehard"> </div> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="color: #34495e;">“We’ve set ourselves this ambition [to] halve the time of drug development. Because it takes 10 to 12 years to create a new drug and take it to patients, and 90% of drugs fail. What if, through the power of data, digital, AI and software development, you could reduce that time to five to six years?”</span></strong></span></p> <p><em><span style="color: #34495e;">Emmanuel Frenehard, Sanofi</span></em></p> </blockquote> <p>However, when Frenehard was contacted about the role at Sanofi, he recognised that the chance to improve patient life opportunities was an even nobler mission.</p> <p>“It was something new. I wanted to see whether I could be effective in a fresh industry. I think it’s good to test yourself,” he says.</p> <p>“So, that was the pull, and you quickly realise that the sense of urgency is very strong. And that’s where all the tools and all the things that I was able to learn when I was in media, such as prototyping, failing fast, doing minimal viable products, and agile ways of working, became pertinent in this industry.”</p> <p>Three-and-a-half years into the CDO role, Frenehard points to achievements in two areas – people and technology. Regarding the human component, he says bringing a team together comprising professionals from multiple disciplines is a complex but necessary task.</p> <p>“We came with this idea of saying that everybody can be stronger together when they work across one digital organisation,” he says.</p> <p>“Creating that sense of teamwork has been a big accomplishment for me, because we didn’t have that before. It’s all about the notion of one team rowing in the same direction. This team might have different convictions and points of view, but they pull together for the benefit of moving in one common direction.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Leading digital transformation"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Leading digital transformation</h2> <p>Sanofi was founded in 1973, although the formation came from the combination of a diverse group of companies dating back to the 19th century. In the contemporary era, Frenehard says the company has continued to grow, with the firm today employing more than 83,000 people across 70 countries.</p> <p>“I like to say Sanofi is a company with a heritage of 53 years of acquisitions that were never integrated successfully,” he says, referring to his achievements in technology.</p> <p>“Now, as an organisation, we’re running on a single <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/CW-Developer-Network/AWS-data-analytics-VP-Charting-new-oceans-the-evolution-of-data-lakes">data lake</a> – but when I started this job, we had what I call data dumps. Everybody had one, and you started thinking, ‘How can I even get insights from this data?’”</p> <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> We wanted to be able to take advantage of AI, whether it be predictive, prescriptive, and now generative, because we knew that if we took the linear path that our peers have taken, it would take us a long time. We had to find ways to leapfrog our competitors </figure> <figcaption> <strong>Emmanuel Frenehard, Sanofi</strong> </figcaption> <i class="icon" data-icon="z"></i> </div> </blockquote> <p>Frenehard says data must be treated as a continuum in the biopharmaceutical industry, through which unstructured or unorganised data is turned into meaningful insights.</p> <p>“That’s tricky when the molecules you discover are treated in different data dumps with different naming conventions,” he says.</p> <p>“Getting that process right was a big element for us, and we wanted to be able to take advantage of AI, whether it be predictive, prescriptive, and now generative, because we knew that if we took the linear path that our peers have taken, it would take us a long time. We had to find ways to leapfrog our competitors.”</p> <p>Frenehard says cultural change was the key factor to making this leap successfully. His digital team adopted agile working at scale and built accelerators that allowed the organisation to recruit great digital talent, even from high-profile technology firms.</p> <p>“These professionals had the opportunity to work much like they were in a startup,” he says.</p> <p>Today, these accelerators employ 150 people who build digital products for the company. Frenehard says he took the lessons from his earlier leadership experiences and focused the firm’s innovations on consumers.</p> <p>“We became very patient-centric. We have apps for patients that we’ve built to support them in their treatment,” he says.</p> <p>“We’re not trying to sell them anything – we’re trying to help them in their healing journey. Many of our drugs are for chronic treatments, which means, as a patient, that you’re going to medicate potentially for your entire life. And so, how can we ensure that you do that in a way that you don’t find intrusive? Can a digital companion app help you with that process? As a team, we adjust little things to improve the quality of life of patients.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Scaling emerging technology"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Scaling emerging technology</h2> <p>Frenehard accompanied his cultural change programme with a focus on improving underlying technology systems. He says 53 years of marginal rationalisation and many acquisitions meant the company had to deal with a heavy weight of IT systems.</p> <p>“We’ve moved that legacy,” he says. “We’re now entering the era of AI coding, where we can modernise that legacy at a pace we never expected. So, I’m thankful for the moment that we’re in, because I’ve got a lot of IT baggage to deal with.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more interviews with life sciences digital leaders</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641240/Interview-Bernard-Seiser-vice-president-of-digital-data-and-IT-AOP-Health">Bernhard Seiser, vice-president of digital, data and IT, AOP Health</a>: With long experience of tech in the life sciences sector, AOP’s digital leader is building a foundation for further data insights in all areas of the business.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366622215/Interview-Markus-Schuemmelfeder-CIO-Boehringer-Ingelheim">Markus Schümmelfeder, CIO, Boehringer Ingelheim</a>: The pharmaceutical giant has built a digital and data platform based on cloud and standardisation, from which it is exploring technology opportunities in AI and quantum computing.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366614698/Interview-James-Fleming-CIO-Francis-Crick-Institute">James Fleming, CIO, Francis Crick Institute</a>: Helping to cure cancer with computers puts digital leadership on another level – and the world-leading research institute is turning to data science and artificial intelligence to achieve its groundbreaking goals.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p>Frenehard says the crucial component supporting this shift from legacy to modern IT services is the firm’s underlying Snowflake data platform. Sanofi has been a <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641815/Ordnance-Survey-works-with-Snowflake-to-tackle-flood-risk">Snowflake user</a> for more than five years. Through this technology implementation, the digital team aimed to integrate a fragmented environment and support secure cross-business data sharing.</p> <p>“We looked at the footprint of data and realised that it was incredibly fragmented,” he says. “We had multiple data technologies. We needed to have insights that cut across the company, and we didn’t have that capability.”</p> <p>The first stage of the transformation process was building a series of mini data lakes on the Snowflake platform. This stage meant professionals could discover insights more easily. However, Frenehard wanted further progress.</p> <p>By working with Elementum, one of Snowflake’s technology partners, Sanofi professionals can now develop richer insights by building data-driven workflows that operate directly on the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366593752/How-Snowflake-is-tackling-AI-challenges">Snowflake AI Data Cloud</a>.</p> <p>With this connected approach, the firm’s professionals use AI-powered agents to query information held in the mini data lakes. Sanofi is scaling AI across 80 countries, using <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621057/Snowflake-founders-reveal-cuckoo-cloud-vision-that-disrupted-big-data">Snowflake as the data foundation</a> for governance and collaboration. Crucially, the organisation has built an AI-powered Concierge service to help employees exploit data assets.</p> <p>“Staff no longer interact with a system of record – they’re interacting with an agent,” he says, outlining how 65,000 of the firm’s 80,000-plus employees already use Concierge monthly across a range of business functions and activities.</p> <p>“All these things are happening, and we’re doing this work for the benefit of our company.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Building custom workflows"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Building custom workflows</h2> <p>Frenehard says effective use of AI is all about reinvention, not automation. To be successful in the age of agentic AI, companies will need to redesign their work processes. Two years from now, he hopes that the foundations he’s putting in place, particularly via the Concierge service, will have helped professionals in the business to reinvent the way they work.</p> <p>“By then, I’d love to tell you that we’re not as constrained by the friction of systems of record,” he says, referring to the desire to use AI to query data directly, not via traditional enterprise applications.</p> <p>“We’ve got about 2,500 systems at Sanofi. That means there are 2,500 integrations – there are 2,500 things that move up and down. As a professional, you move from one system to the other.”</p> <p>Frenehard gives the example of a marketer who has to work across many interfaces, such as those for content generation and translation.</p> <p>“Why does that process have to be so complicated?” he asks, before suggesting where Concierge can bring reinvention.&nbsp;“I think the future is an engagement layer – and that’s where Concierge comes in. It’s an abstraction layer to all the complexity that happens behind it.”</p> <p>This engagement layer means the digital team will provide employees with the right workflows, depending on their roles. If someone changes their job, the company will know their roles and access rights. The same rule will apply if someone changes geography. The key to success, says Frenehard, is that this AI-enabled approach will allow his department to build custom workflows that give people secure access to the data they need.</p> <p>“It’s not quite the path of custom software, because custom software is hard to write,” he says. “We’re talking about custom workflows, which are much easier to build.”</p> </section> Leading technology in a quest to find life-changing answers to challenging scientific questions brings an extra level of motivation for the pharma giant’s digital chief https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/phamaceutical-drugs-medicine-pills-2-adobe.jpeg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644339/Interview-Emmanuel-Frenehard-chief-digital-officer-Sanofi Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:58:00 GMT <p>Cyber resilience has become a board-level priority for organisations across the Gulf as regional tensions, increasingly sophisticated <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642842/AI-threats-push-Middle-East-CISOs-towards-identity-first-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cyber attacks</a> and the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) reshape enterprise risk strategies.</p> <p>According to Yahya Kassab, senior director and general manager for Gulf and Saudi Arabia at Commvault, recent <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639768/CISOs-on-alert-Strengthening-cyber-resilience-amid-geopolitical-tensions-in-the-Middle-East">geopolitical developments have acted as a wake-up call</a> for many organisations, accelerating efforts to strengthen recovery capabilities and protect critical data assets.</p> <p>“Historically, organisations implemented backup and data protection primarily for compliance reasons,” Kassab tells Computer Weekly. “But cyber resilience is a different story. It requires different processes, different technologies and a different approach to recovery.”</p> <p>While traditional disaster recovery strategies focus on <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/feature/What-is-the-difference-between-RPO-and-RTO-from-a-backup-perspective">recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs)</a>, cyber incidents demand a different mindset.</p> <p>“In a cyber attack, the key question is how quickly you can recover a clean copy of your data,” he says. “If your production environment is compromised, your disaster recovery environment may be compromised as well. Without cyber-resilient capabilities, recovery becomes extremely difficult.”</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Awareness remains the biggest challenge"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Awareness remains the biggest challenge</h2> <p>Despite significant investment in cyber security technologies across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Kassab believes awareness remains one of the region’s most pressing challenges. Many organisations continue to view disaster recovery and cyber resilience as interchangeable disciplines, creating dangerous gaps in preparedness.</p> <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> In a cyber attack, the key question is how quickly you can recover a clean copy of your data. If your production environment is compromised, your disaster recovery environment may be compromised as well. Without cyber-resilient capabilities, recovery becomes extremely difficult </figure> <figcaption> <strong>Yahya Kassab, Commvault</strong> </figcaption> <i class="icon" data-icon="z"></i> </div> </blockquote> <p>“Some organisations think that because they have a disaster recovery plan, they are protected from cyber threats,” he says. “The reality is that <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/ehandbook/Cyber-resilience-under-pressure-How-to-demonstrate-readiness">cyber resilience</a> requires additional controls and dedicated recovery capabilities.”</p> <p>Recent events across the region have prompted many IT and security leaders to reassess their readiness for ransomware attacks and other disruptive cyber incidents. Kassab said Commvault has seen increased demand from organisations seeking assistance with cyber recovery planning and resilience assessments.</p> <p>“The events we have witnessed recently have opened the eyes of many customers and increased the priority they place on cyber-resilient solutions,” he says.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="AI creates both opportunities and risks"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>AI creates both opportunities and risks</h2> <p>The rapid adoption of AI across government and enterprise sectors is adding further complexity to cyber security and data protection strategies.</p> <p>Kassab points to the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642372/UAE-targets-agentic-AI-to-power-half-of-government-operations">UAE government’s ambitions around agentic AI</a> as an example of the scale of transformation underway. “AI is very important for digital transformation, but it also increases complexity,” he says. “Organisations will have to manage significantly larger volumes of data, new AI-driven identities and entirely new operational models.”</p> <p>Commvault is approaching AI from three perspectives – using it to simplify operations and threat detection, applying it to improve visibility and governance of enterprise data, and protecting AI models themselves.</p> <p>“The third area is becoming increasingly important,” adds Kassab. “Organisations are making significant investments in AI models and training data. These assets must be protected in the same way as any other critical business resource.”</p> <p>As agentic AI deployments increase, ensuring the security, governance and recoverability of AI systems is expected to become a major priority for CIOs across the region.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Hybrid cloud becomes the default model"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Hybrid cloud becomes the default model</h2> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637278/Zoho-opens-its-first-UAE-datacentres-to-boost-cloud-adoption">Cloud adoption continues to accelerate across Saudi Arabia and the UAE</a>, driven by ongoing digital transformation programmes and growing investments from hyperscale providers.</p> <p>However, Kassab believes the debate is no longer about choosing between cloud and on-premise infrastructure. “The question today is not cloud or non-cloud,” he says. “Both will continue to exist, and hybrid cloud is becoming the dominant model.”</p> <p>Organisations are increasingly evaluating cloud adoption on a workload-by-workload basis. Sensitive applications and data may remain on-premise, while other workloads are migrated to public cloud environments.</p> <p>“The decision is driven by the workload itself,” he says. “Some workloads make perfect sense in the cloud, while others are too sensitive or have specific regulatory requirements.”</p> <p>This growing complexity is increasing demand for unified data protection and cyber resilience platforms capable of securing workloads across multiple cloud and on-premise environments.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Aligning with national transformation agendas"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Aligning with national transformation agendas</h2> <p>As Gulf governments continue to pursue ambitious digital transformation programmes, technology suppliers are also adapting their strategies to meet local regulatory and sovereignty requirements.</p> <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> Organisations need to be prepared for both disaster recovery and cyber recovery. The ability to recover clean data and continue operations is becoming one of the most important measures of resilience </figure> <figcaption> <strong>Yahya Kassab, Commvault</strong> </figcaption> <i class="icon" data-icon="z"></i> </div> </blockquote> <p>Kassab says Commvault is working closely with governments across the region to align with national cyber security frameworks and data residency regulations. “Every country has its own requirements around data sovereignty, and it is important that we align with those regulations,” he says.</p> <p>Beyond compliance, Commvault is also investing in local skills development and cyber security capacity building. The company recently announced plans to establish an Innovation Excellence Centre in Abu Dhabi, which will focus on research, development and workforce training.</p> <p>“The objective is to help build local cyber resilience capabilities and prepare the next generation of cyber security professionals,” says Kassab.</p> <p>For <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640646/The-UAE-CIO-From-technology-operator-to-digital-value-architect">CIOs across the GCC</a>, the message is increasingly clear: cyber resilience is no longer solely an IT concern but a business continuity imperative.</p> <p>As organisations accelerate cloud adoption, embrace AI and navigate a more volatile threat landscape, the ability to recover trusted data quickly has become just as important as preventing attacks in the first place.</p> <p>Recent regional events may have heightened the sense of urgency, but according to Kassab, the underlying challenge remains unchanged. “Organisations need to be prepared for both disaster recovery and cyber recovery,” he says. “The ability to recover clean data and continue operations is becoming one of the most important measures of resilience.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3>Read more about cyber security</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: square;" class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639768/CISOs-on-alert-Strengthening-cyber-resilience-amid-geopolitical-tensions-in-the-Middle-East">Strengthening cyber resilience amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East</a>: As regional uncertainty rises, security leaders across the Gulf focus on resilience, faster incident response and deeper threat intelligence to protect critical systems and data</li> <li><a target="_blank" href="https://www.techtarget.com/healthtechsecurity/news/366640347/CISA-urges-companies-to-bolster-Microsoft-Intune-systems-after-Stryker-cyberattack" rel="noopener">CISA urges companies to bolster Microsoft Intune systems after Stryker cyber attack</a>: CISA is urging US organisations to strengthen the security of their endpoint management systems after cyberthreat actors infiltrated Stryker’s Microsoft environment.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Commvault’s Yahya Kassab says organisations across the Gulf are reassessing recovery strategies, AI risks and cloud investments amid growing cyber threats https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/LeMagIT/hero_article/security-threat-cyber-attack-1-adobe.jpeg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644877/Gulf-CIOs-shift-focus-from-recovery-to-cyber-resilience-as-regional-threats-intensify Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:56:00 GMT <p>Under the UK’s digital markets competition regime, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said Google will be required to improve transparency and fairness in how <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616261/More-Google-search-woes">search results are ranked</a>.</p> <p>It said that businesses have noted that current ranking practices are neither fair nor transparent. The CMA said businesses also found that changes made by Google were being rolled out without sufficient notice. When such changes have a business impact, the businesses that raised concerns with the CMA said they did not have effective ways to raise concerns.</p> <p>Last June, under the Digital Markets Competition Regime, the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366626385/CMA-consults-on-Googles-search-dominance">CMA began a consultation</a>&nbsp;on whether to designate Google with strategic market status (SMS). The result of its investigation is that <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632720/What-will-happen-now-Google-has-been-given-strategic-market-status-by-CMA">Google is now designated with SMS</a>.</p> <p>A few weeks ago, the CMA imposed a new conduct requirement on Google, enabling publishers to opt-out of having their continent appear in Google AI Overviews. It has now introduced the Fair Ranking conduct requirement to address concerns raised by businesses over Google search results.</p> <p>As a result of the Fair Ranking requirement, Google will be required to rank organic search results and provide AI Overviews using objective and non-discriminatory criteria. Google will also need to provide greater transparency to businesses about how rankings work, give advance notice of significant changes and put in place clear processes for businesses to raise concerns about how its ranks results and have them addressed effectively.</p> <p>The CMA has also aligned with the EU’s Digital Markets Act covering Google’s data sharing process. The voluntary process already in place through Google’s UK Data Portability application programming interface (API) will now have a legal footing.</p> <p>According to the CMA, this gives third-party firms the confidence to offer people new products and services based on their Google search data. For instance, the legal requirement for Google to share data would enable third parties to offer people more personalised features such as tailored travel suggestions, more relevant shopping deals and rewards, including cashback and discounts.</p> <p>To port their data, a user needs to sign up to a third-party service, such as a rewards platform or personalised recommendation service. In the third-party service, the user is prompted to connect their Google account and explicitly authorise the transfer of their search data. The third party uses Google’s Data Portability API to request the relevant data. Google processes the request and transfers the data securely to the third party. The data is then used to deliver a service, such as personalised recommendations or tailored offers or discounts.</p> <p>Will Hayter, executive director for digital markets at the CMA, said: “Search is a vital gateway for businesses in the UK to reach customers, and clearer, predictable and more transparent ranking systems could give them greater scope to expand and invest.</p> <p>“These new measures will ensure search results are ranked fairly and objectively, with clearer information about changes and effective routes to raise concerns. At the same time, innovative businesses will have the confidence that they can access search data in practice, unlocking investment and innovation in new products and services for users.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more CMA stories</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642945/CMA-launches-investigation-into-Microsoft-business-software">CMA launches investigation</a> into Microsoft business software: The CMA says it will investigate whether Microsoft’s product bundles, product integration and default settings are anti-competitive.</li> <li>Regulate AWS and Microsoft, says UK cloud provider survey: Open Cloud Coalition survey, commissioned ahead of the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639822/Regulate-AWS-and-Microsoft-says-UK-cloud-provider-survey">CMA’s decision</a> on measures against the two hyperscale giants, finds competing cloud providers demand regulation.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Google will need to rank organic searches objectively and will be required under UK law to share data with third-party services https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/search-scan-data-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644859/CMA-puts-in-place-fair-ranking-measures-on-Google-Search Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:45:00 GMT <p>While two-thirds (64%) of UK finance firms are planning to increase overall expenditure, 91% said they will spend more on tech, with emerging tech now topping growth priorities.</p> <p>Emerging tech investment is the top growth priority for UK finance firms for the first time in the 10 year’s Lloyds Bank has carried out its <i><a href="https://www.lloydsbank.com/business/resource-centre/insight/financial-institutions-sentiment-survey.html">Financial institutions sentiment survey</a></i>.</p> <p>The survey of more than 100 senior decision-makers at UK banks, insurers, private equity firms, and asset and wealth managers, found that over three-quarters (77%) see emerging-tech investment as a growth priority, compared to just 41% last year. Within this, 93% ranked artificial Intelligence (AI) as the most impactful tech of the next five years.</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodhawan/" rel="noopener">Rohit Dhawan</a>, group executive director of AI at the bank, said AI has “crossed a threshold”, adding: “The question is no longer whether it works, but how quickly we can embed it at scale. At Lloyds, that means investing in technology, talent and governance in parallel, because deploying AI responsibly is what turns capability into sustained value for customers and the UK economy.”</p> <p>There is also confidence in the sector, according to the survey, with 94% of respondents expecting their business to grow over the next decade, compared to 81% in last year’s survey. Nearly three-quarters (71%) of respondents backed the UK to retain its strong position in global financial services, up from 60% last year.</p> <p>“This renewed confidence is being underpinned by a dramatic shift in focus towards new and emerging technologies, as institutions move from testing to deployment. Investment in this area is now a leading growth lever,” said the Lloyds Bank report.</p> <p>Lisa Francis, global head of corporate and institutional banking coverage at Lloyds, said despite global uncertainty, financial institutions are “building confidence by harnessing technology to drive long-term growth”.</p> <p>She added: “The sector is prioritising the areas that will define future competitiveness, from AI and emerging technology to data, talent and international expansion. What is clear is that growth in the next decade will be shaped by the ability to adapt, invest and scale new capabilities.</p> <p>“Advanced AI and data solutions are moving from ambition to adoption, with institutions increasingly looking at how these technologies can improve productivity, deepen client relationships and create opportunities across markets.”</p> <p>Lloyds Bank, for example, is heavily backing AI. In January, it <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637423/Lloyds-Bank-to-train-all-staff-on-artificial-intelligence">announced plans to train all 67,000 of its employees</a> in how to use the technology this year via its AI Academy. The bank said staff will be given interactive training modules, short courses, articles, podcasts and opportunities for community learning.&nbsp;It will kick off with every member of staff completing a module on responsible, safe and ethical AI use.</p> <p>Lloyds wants its staff to be able to use AI in their everyday roles, with Ron van Kemenade, group chief operating officer at the banking group, saying: “Scaling AI is about getting real use cases into production so we can simplify processes for colleagues and deliver more personalised services for customers.</p> <p>“By investing in the skills of our people, we can do this responsibly and at pace, improving service today and building the foundations to scale new innovations in the future.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about Lloyds backing artificial intelligence tech</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Lloyds Banking Group will <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637423/Lloyds-Bank-to-train-all-staff-on-artificial-intelligence">train all 67,000 of its employees how to use artificial intelligence (AI)</a> this year.</li> <li>Bank is <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366609673/Lloyds-Bank-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-check-trade-finance-documents">automating checks of digital and paper-based documentation</a> in trade financing with the help of artificial intelligence.</li> <li>Lloyds Banking Group is running a six-month training programme with the aim of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621318/More-than-200-Lloyds-bank-bosses-to-receive-artificial-intelligence-training">building AI skills among its senior leadership</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Increasing numbers of banks see emerging technology as a priority of growth with artificial intelligence top of the list https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/banking-finance-growth-2-adobe.jpeg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644934/Emerging-tech-is-top-growth-priority-for-UK-finance-firms Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:20:00 GMT <p>In the run up to the troubled <a href="https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fifa World Cup 2026</a> in Canada, Mexico and the US, national headlines have been dominated not by cyber security, but by border security, with tighter entry and Visa restrictions in the US leaving teams, players and officials in a bind, with some <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/6/11/which-world-cup-teams-players-and-officials-were-denied-us-visas-entry" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned from entering the country</a> altogether.</p> <p>Fortunately, at the time of writing – mere hours before <a href="https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/live/cp36z3qpzrxt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">England’s Wednesday 17 June opener against Croatia</a> – no major cyber breaches have come to light.</p> <p>But behind the scenes, the security community has been warning for weeks that the 2026 tournament faces a level of cyber threat <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644594/2026-World-Cup-billed-as-largest-entertainment-attack-surface-in-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">unprecedented in the tournament’s history</a> – although, granted, the threat was low to non-existent up to the early 2000s.</p> <p>Kevin Curran is a senior member of the <a href="https://www.ieee.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers</a> (IEEE) and professor of cyber security at <a href="https://www.ulster.ac.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ulster University</a> in Northern Ireland. He says that besides being the largest World Cup in history, the digitisation of everything from ticketing systems to official apps, streaming services, accreditation databases, stadium networks, sponsor platforms, and much more, has dramatically widened the tournament’s attack surface.</p> <p>He describes each of these systems as a door that someone must keep locked for the duration of the event. “Attackers only need to find one that is ajar – defenders must secure all of them,” he says.</p> <p>Sadly, these attackers are getting through all too often. Research published earlier in June by UK cyber firm <a href="https://www.darktrace.com/?r=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Darktrace</a> revealed that over 80% of the professional sports organisations <a href="https://www.mclaren.com/racing/partners/darktrace/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">it works with</a> were affected by cyber security incidents in the past 12 months, with 57% experiencing multiple attacks. The average cyber incident in sports now costs $169,000 (£126,000) but Darktrace says the real financial impact is compounded, with the most frequently victimised organisations facing cumulative annual remediation and recovery costs of almost $2m.</p> <p>But the impact is not just financial, with exposed data leading to deep and immediate public and reputational impacts. Sports teams and other bodies inevitably hold private data on multiple famous and high net worth individuals, so contents of the databases held by Premier League teams are inevitably a temptation to attackers.</p> <p>Darktrace’s report, titled <i>Cyber security in global sport: threats, signals, and strategic implications for a digitised industry</i>, also reveals that Darktrace’s sports sector customers are on the receiving end of a fifth more phishing emails than other industries. Its proprietary <a href="https://www.darktrace.com/products/email" target="_blank" rel="noopener">/EMAIL</a> service stopped more than 116,000 distinct emails targeting such customers in the six months up to March 2026.</p> <p>Out of these malicious messages, 21% targeted VIPs, 38% were spear-phishing attempts, 84% successfully passed DMARC authentication, and 37% contained “novel social engineering features”, according to Darktrace.</p> <p>“Professional sport is a high-pressure environment where timing matters,” says Nathaniel Jones, vice-president of security and AI strategy at Darktrace. “A suspicious login, unusual data movement or unexpected AI agent action may look small in isolation, but during a live event it can become operationally significant very quickly.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The most effective way to mitigate the risks facing sports organisations both internally and from external actors today is to adapt a behavioural approach to security. That means shifting away from rules and signatures and focusing on understanding both human and AI [artificial intelligence] behaviour inside your environment.”</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="The challenge of AI"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>The challenge of AI</h2> <p>Jones rightly raises the spectre of artificial intelligence (AI), which is now almost but not quite as pervasive as the melody of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_England_Band" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Great Escape</a></i> theme during an England game.</p> <p>The Darktrace study found that 83% of cyber pros working in the sports industry believed they had detected AI being used against them in the past year, and 72% believe AI will increase cyber risk over the next year. At the World Cup, the risk is compounded by the confluence of high-profile live events, high-value user data, public pressure, fixed schedules, large partner and supplier networks, and the chance for a successful cyber attacker to have their name plastered all over the front pages.</p> <p>But AI is also an internal issue in sports; a third of participants in Darktrace’s study said they were using or planning to use AI in areas like ticketing, fan engagement, or marketing, compounding the headache for defenders who are left to deal with the risks development and deploying AI introduce to the business – almost half said this was a concern.</p> <p>Darktrace said that as sports organisations expand their AI use into more critical areas of operation, they must give their security teams better visibility into what AI tools are able to access, what they can do and how the underlying AI infrastructure itself might be misused.</p> <p>As AI expands across the industry, the advice to sports organisations differs little from that offered to any other vertical – behavioural approaches to security will become more vital to securing events, and as part of that defenders must understand what normal looks like so that they can detect threats blending into normal activity, whether they emanate from an external attacker, a compromised account or an “offside” AI agent.</p> <p>The report highlights six areas that need urgent focus:</p> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Threat modelling;</li> <li>Supply chain governance and vendor access control;</li> <li>Segmentation across information and operational technology (IT/OT) and public-facing systems;</li> <li>Identity-centric security, including universal multifactor authentication (MFA);</li> <li>Phishing resilience;</li> <li>Operational playbooks aligned to live event constraints.</li> </ul> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">The quantum World Cup</h3> <p>With a surge in online activity around the World Cup, attackers will likely exploit high engagement levels with ticketing platforms, fantasy leagues, merch drops and streaming services to quietly collect, sift and stockpile personal data for future use.</p> <p>This phenomena, known as “harvest now, decrypt later”, heralds the advent of workable quantum computers that will almost certainly break existing data encryption standards, at which point any encrypted data stolen in the past can be exposed at will.</p> <p>Spencer Starkey, executive vice-president at <a target="_blank" href="https://www.sonicwall.com/" rel="noopener">SonicWall</a>, warns that the World Cup presents an ideal opportunity for such data collection, and unfortunately any engaged fan could be at risk.</p> <p>“Adversaries are focusing on harvesting data – names, payment details, location patterns – all from people who are just excited to be there or watching from home. They are signing up for free drink vouchers and entering competitions to win certain players’ tops. They aren’t paying attention,” says Starkey.</p> <p>“The data probably won’t get used straight away, it will get stockpiled. And when quantum computing makes encrypted datasets readable, everything collected now becomes a liability. So, you might not see the real threat from the World Cup for another decade.”&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> <p>But generative AI (GenAI) is not just an internal problem for sports teams and organisations such as Fifa. It’s affecting fans too, whether watching from the comfort of their living rooms or pre-gaming in an American dive bar.</p> <p>“Generative AI has lowered the cost of deception. A convincing phishing email no longer betrays itself through clumsy grammar; it can be produced flawlessly, in any language and personalised at scale,” says the IEEE’s Curran.</p> <p>“Voice cloning and deepfake videos have moved from novelty to a fraud instrument, and we are already aware of AI-generated content weaponised around sporting and geopolitical events in 2026. A fan who once learned to spot the tell-tale signs of a scam is now facing forgeries with no obvious tells,” he says.</p> <p>“The tournament [also] depends on a sprawling supply chain of vendors, contractors and third-party platforms, any one of which can become the weak link that exposes the whole. [For example], travelling fans connect devices to unfamiliar public Wi-Fi in three countries, often roaming and distracted, which is precisely the condition attackers prefer.”</p> <p>Chris Olson, CEO of <a href="https://mediatrust.com/">The Media Trust</a>, which supplies digital trust and safety systems to digital publishers, adtech companies and media outlets including the <em>BBC</em> and <em>NBC</em> in the US, makes a similar point to Curran.</p> <p>“The World Cup doesn’t just sell out stadiums, it sells out consumers,” says Olson. “What most people don’t realise is that scammers aren’t just building fake ticket sites and waiting, they’re buying ad placements to put those sites directly in front of you. The same programmatic advertising infrastructure that serves you a legitimate commercial can, with minimal friction, serve you a malvertisement that leads straight to a credential-harvesting page dressed up in FIFA branding.</p> <p>“With AI now generating flawless storefronts and deepfaked urgency, the old advice of ‘trust your gut’ is officially outdated. My advice: assume any World Cup deal that reached you through a social media ad or search result is suspect until proven otherwise. Go direct, go official and treat any countdown clock or ‘limited seats remaining’ message as the manipulation tactic it almost certainly is.”</p> <p>The good news is that for those England and Scotland devotees who have braved the long-haul flight to the US, the advice – while not particularly glamorous – should be effective.</p> <p>“Type web addresses by hand rather than trusting search adverts or links in messages. Buy tickets and merchandise only through official channels. Enable MFA. Treat any unexpected prize, refund or last-minute ticket as a scam until proven otherwise,” says Curran. “None of this is new advice, and that is rather the point: the attacks evolve, but the basic hygiene that defeats most of them does not.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about cyber security in sports</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: square;" class="default-list"> <li>Informa TechTarget editors discuss the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/video/Lessons-in-incident-response-from-the-Olympics-World-Cup">prevalence of cyber attacks on global sporting events</a>&nbsp;and how the challenges these events face are the same as those of everyday organisations.</li> <li>Oracle Red Bull Racing is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366579832/How-Oracle-Red-Bull-Racing-guards-against-cyber-threats">tapping managed security services, conducting penetration tests and improving security awareness</a>&nbsp;among employees to fend off cyber threats such as phishing and ransomware.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366561697/Report-reveals-sorry-state-of-cyber-security-at-UK-football-clubs">UK football clubs demonstrate a critical lack of cyber resilience</a>, putting the data of fans and players alike at risk from a myriad of potential threats.</li> <li>The user names and passwords of Tokyo 2020 ticket holders and event volunteers were&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252504456/Tokyo-2020-hit-by-data-breach">reportedly compromised</a>, but government official claims the data leak was not large.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Dig deeper on some of the security issues facing the 2026 World Cup as the tournament faces unprecedented threat levels and challenges https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/sport-football-pixfly-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/What-are-the-cyber-threats-to-the-2026-Fifa-World-Cup Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:52:00 GMT <p>The "clear and present danger or hot air" framing surrounding <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/claude/mythos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anthropic's Claude Mythos</a> frontier AI model sets up the wrong argument. What Mythos represents is a tempo shift in how vulnerabilities are found, chained, and exploited.</p> <p>Anthropic says Mythos can identify and exploit zero-days across major operating systems and browsers at a level serious enough that they chose not to release it publicly, limiting access through Project Glasswing to a select group of organisations. The UK AI Security Institute (AISI) <a href="https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/our-evaluation-of-openais-gpt-5-5-cyber-capabilities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">puts numbers on that</a>. Before Mythos, no AI model had completed a 32-step simulated corporate attack chain end-to-end. Mythos Preview did so in three out of ten runs. GPT-5.5 did so in two. At Expert level, GPT-5.5 achieved a 71.4% pass rate against Mythos at 68.6%. The capability gap between the two leading frontier models is narrower than the coverage implies. The governance gap is considerably wider.</p> <p>Among practitioners who've tested Mythos, the reaction has been more restrained than the policy response suggests, and they’re largely right. The vulnerability pipeline was never the core problem for defenders. We were never suffering from a shortage of things to worry about. We already have more disclosures, more advisories, more proof-of-concepts, and more exposure data than most organisations can realistically operationalise.</p> <p>What Mythos does is accelerate that reality. It compresses the timeline between weakness, discovery, weaponisation, and the need for defensive action. The barriers to deploying a model like this are real today. The compute requirements are substantial and the infrastructure demands are specialised. Those barriers won't remain in place for long.</p> <p>There's also a surface area problem running underneath the discovery question. Vibe coding guarantees we don't hit a plateau. Higher tempo development, more dependencies, more confident shipping. Even if defect rate per commit improves, total attack surface area grows. The volume of code being written with AI assistance means the target is expanding at the same time as the tools for finding flaws in it are improving.</p> <p>Current models are genuinely capable at pattern bugs: injection flaws, leaked secrets, known bad dependencies, and chaining findings across systems. Where they still fall short is anywhere correctness depends on intent. Business-logic and authorization flaws remain the category where AI models are consistently weakest. Unlike pattern bugs, they require understanding what code is supposed to do, not just what it does. That gap hasn't yet been closed. Human judgment remains irreplaceable in the research and security pipeline. At <a href="https://www.forescout.com/research-labs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vedere Labs</a> we already use Claude Opus 4.6 in our research workflow and have reported several zero-days found through that process. The goal is turning faster research into better protection.</p> <p>From a vendor perspective, vulnerability management and QA are converging as AI tooling improves, but the question each answers remains distinct and no amount of converging changes that. QA asks whether something works. Vulnerability management asks whether it can be abused and what the blast radius looks like.</p> <p>When models like Mythos become more widely available, expect a spike in disclosed vulnerabilities, then a reckoning: vendors confronting what was already there but never measured. The question is whether discovery translates into remediation or just accumulates as a bigger backlog. The pressure to ship doesn't disappear because a model found more bugs. Without hard blocks for exploitable, high-impact issues and firm deadlines for everything else, the surge risks becoming the new normal rather than a more durable correction.</p> <p>For defenders, the hard part has always been what to do with the intelligence. Where is the affected asset, is it actually exposed, how critical is it, what’s the likely path to compromise, and what can be done right now to reduce risk? Mythos makes that operational burden more urgent. The NCSC said as much when it <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blogs/prepare-for-vulnerability-patch-wave" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned of a coming vulnerability patch wave</a>, and the AISI benchmark data gives that warning some weight.</p> <p>The faster vulnerabilities are found, the more fragile any organisation becomes if its remediation process can't keep pace. This is especially acute in operational technology (OT) and critical national infrastructure (CNI), where the systems most essential to societal function are often the least capable of aggressive patch velocity without introducing operational instability. In those environments, patching at scale can itself become a source of risk.</p> <p>The focus has to shift toward operational survivability: preserving visibility, constraining attacker manoeuvre space, limiting blast radius, and maintaining continuity under stress. The organisations that can patch at pace without the wheels falling off will be the ones that have already done the foundational work on asset inventory, segmentation, and prioritisation based on actual exposure.</p> <p>In the frontier AI era, operational survivability is the measure that matters. The organisations that understand that now won't be the ones scrambling up the beaches <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644117/Microsoft-smashes-record-for-biggest-ever-Patch-Tuesday-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener">when the patch wave starts to build</a>.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more in this series</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: square;" class="default-list"> <li>John Bruce, Quorum Cyber:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Claude-Mythos-forces-the-conversation-on-defensive-AI">Claude Mythos forces the conversation on defensive AI.</a></li> <li>Martin Riley, Bridewell:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Mythos-is-turning-up-the-heat-on-risk-not-rewriting-the-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mythos is turning up the heat on risk, not rewriting the rules.</a></li> <li>Aditya K Sood, Aryaka:&nbsp;<a rel="noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Frontier-AI-models-could-be-an-adversarys-force-multiplier">Frontier AI models could be an adversary's force multiplier.</a></li> <li>Ellie Hurst, Advent IM: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-truth-about-Claude-Mythos-is-less-dramatic-than-it-seems" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The trust about Claude Mythos is less dramatic than it seems.</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers if Anthropic’s Claude Mythos frontier AI model is a benefit or barrier to achieving resilient enterprise IT security, and how security leaders need to adapt. https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/Security-Think-Tank-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-frontier-AI-actually-means-for-enterprise-security Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:57:00 GMT <p>The UK’s critical infrastructure has faced 200 cyber attacks, three-quarters of which were linked to hostile nation-state actors, in the past year, the head of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said today.</p> <p>Over the past year, hostile nation states were responsible for <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366572973/Government-not-facing-up-to-CNI-cyber-risks-committee-warns">cyber attacks against critical national infrastructure (CNI)</a> – which includes hospitals, electricity, water and finance – can be traced back to hostile state actors, said NCSC CEO Richard Horne.</p> <p>Hostile states, including Russia, China and Iran, are targeting the systems that underpin the UK’s essential services, Horne disclosed in a lecture at the Royal United Services Institute.</p> <p>The high number of attacks against CNI shows that cyber attacks cannot simply be treated as a risk to be managed, but as an “ongoing contest between capable adversaries”, he said.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="200 attacks against UK CNI"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>200 attacks against UK CNI&nbsp;</h2> <p>The NCSC managed 200 cyber incidents affecting the UK’s critical national infrastructure and its supporting ecosystem between June 2025 and May 2026, Horne disclosed.</p> <p>By 2028, the NCSC says AI-enabled cyber capabilities will likely be used by attackers to exploit known vulnerabilities in legacy technology “at scale” across critical national infrastructure.</p> <p>Businesses, government and the private sector needed to act “now with urgency” to protect their systems and protect themselves against future conflicts, which would see cyber attacks multiply.</p> <p>“The many <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643315/Vulnerability-exploitation-now-primary-origin-of-data-breaches">vulnerabilities that organisations tolerate today</a> will be exploited in conflict tomorrow. If they are too expensive or hard to fix in peacetime, then they certainly will be in war,” warned Horne.</p> <p>“In cyberspace, we are not preparing for tomorrow’s conflicts – to some degree, we are fighting them today,” he added.&nbsp;</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Cyber defence akin to football match"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Cyber defence akin to football match</h2> <p>Drawing an analogy, he said that cyber battle is not like a “wrestling match”, confined to the closed territory of a wrestling ring,</p> <p>“It is far more akin to a football or basketball game, played across a large field of play, where success depends on how you operate across the entire pitch,” said Horne.</p> <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> If we collectively embrace&nbsp;the&nbsp;[cyber] contest, understand the&nbsp;urgency and&nbsp;believe we can&nbsp;be a match for any opponent, then we can and will prevail </figure> <figcaption> <strong>Richard Horne, NCSC</strong> </figcaption> <i class="icon" data-icon="z"></i> </div> </blockquote> <p>He said coordinated action is needed across the “near, mid and far” cyber spaces where we come into contact with adversaries, and that different approaches were needed in each.</p> <p>He called on every board member and executive in every organisation to strengthen their cyber resilience by focusing on three core capabilities: understanding their exposure to threats, building stronger defences based on proven security fundamentals, and ensuring they can continue operating and recover quickly after an attack</p> <p>“We still see far too many significant incidents today that are possible because the fundamentals are not in place,” said Horne.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The truth is that in this great contest, there are no spectators; we are all on the pitch. From boardrooms to IT helpdesks to sofas at home, the contest is everywhere,” he added.</p> <p>“If we collectively embrace&nbsp;the&nbsp;contest, understand the&nbsp;urgency and&nbsp;believe we can&nbsp;be a match for any opponent, then we can and will prevail.”</p> <p>The NCSC has published <a href="ncsc.gov.uk/frontier-ai">resources and guidance</a> to help organisations counter AI-powered attacks <a href="ncsc.gov.uk/frontier-ai">here</a>.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more from the NCSC</h3> <ul style="list-style-type: square;" class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639713/NCSC-No-increase-in-cyber-threat-from-Iran-but-be-prepared">NCSC: No increase in cyber threat from Iran, but be prepared</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641058/NCSC-warns-high-risk-individuals-of-Signal-and-WhatsApp-social-engineering-attacks">NCSC warns high-risk individuals of Signal and WhatsApp social engineering attacks</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632664/NCSC-calls-for-action-after-rise-in-nationally-significant-cyber-incidents">NCSC calls for action after rise in ‘nationally significant’ cyber incidents</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632649/China-responsible-for-rising-cyber-attacks-says-NCSC">NCSC: China responsible for rising cyber attacks</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Hackers will use AI-enabled cyber capabilities to exploit known vulnerabilities in legacy technology at scale by 2028, says National Cyber Security Centre CEO Richard Horne https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/LeMagIT/hero_article/security-threat-cyber-attack-1-adobe.jpeg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644872/Hostile-states-launched-200-attacks-on-UK-infrastructure-in-five-months-says-NCSC-chief Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:10:00 GMT <p>HSBC plans to create more than 200 artificial intelligence (AI) use cases across its business and expects to make hundreds of millions of pounds in revenue and efficiency gains as a result.</p> <p>The bank already has around 600 applications running on the Google Cloud service, but the new arrangement will see more than 200 AI use cases added in the next two years. It said it will prioritise the highest-value initiatives, where estimated value exceeds $100m.</p> <p>As part of the agreement, HSBC will harness the skills of <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/What-did-we-learn-at-Google-Cloud-Next-2026">Google Cloud</a> and Google <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366620886/Deepmind-founder-warns-of-compounding-AI-agent-errors">DeepMind</a> engineers, gaining access to Google’s agentic AI capabilities. Areas initially being focused on include highly personalising customer experience through AI, using the technology to manage financial crime risk and expanding the reach of an AI agent used by staff.</p> <p>Georges Elhedery, group CEO at HSBC, said: “AI is becoming one of the defining technologies of our time, allowing us to create a personalised experience for each customer, delivered in real time and at scale, while keeping human judgement, decision-making and accountability at the core.”</p> <p>The deal could be a blueprint for the financial services industry, according to Thomas Kurian, CEO at Google Cloud.</p> <p>For more personalised services to customers, HSBC will initially work on providing AI-driven tailored support for customers and real-time advice. To fight financial crime, HSBC will use AI and agentic AI to enable it to intervene twice as fast when risk is detected. Its AI assistant will reduce admin and client meeting preparation time from hours to minutes for thousands of staff. HSBC added that its strategy is to balance in-house teams with supplier agreements.</p> <p>The bank recently <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640627/HSBC-gets-its-first-artificial-intelligence-chief">announced its first AI chief</a> as part of its wider plans to embed the technology across the company. David Rice, who has worked at HSBC for more than 19 years, moves from his role as chief operating officer at its corporate and institutional bank to the position.</p> <p>The UK bank has had reported success. According to Evident’s&nbsp;<a href="https://evidentinsights.com/ai-index/">banking AI adoption index</a>, which tracks financial services AI adoption, HSBC was the only UK bank in the top 10.</p> <p>Its work with Google brings it more relevant skills, which are in high demand. Evident CEO&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Mousavizadeh">Alexandra Mousavizadeh</a>&nbsp;said UK banks need to be more like&nbsp;<a href="https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/Big-Tech">Big Tech</a> firms, such as Google, when it comes to their AI adoption if they are to catch up with their US counterparts.</p> <p>Banks can save huge amounts in operating costs through AI, but they&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633370/Banks-AI-cost-cutting-benefits-wont-last-will-erode-profits">must use it to improve customer experiences</a>&nbsp;and offerings or face reduced profits. According to McKinsey’s latest report, while AI savings could be up to 20%, taking account of the cost of the technology, banking industry profits could fall 9% as customers move money based on AI agent recommendations.</p> <p>“The impact of savings, while welcome, won’t last,” McKinsey said. “As with earlier innovations, competition will likely erode the gains for banks and most of the benefits will accrue to customers over time.”</p> <p>According to Lloyds Banking Group’s <i>Financial institutions sentiment survey for 2025</i> banks are gaining huge benefits from AI, stating that <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630147/Number-of-UK-banks-reporting-AI-driven-productivity-improvements-doubles">59% of surveyed firms reported AI-driven productivity gains</a>&nbsp;in the past 12 months, compared with 32% in the 2024 survey.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about AI in banking industry</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644173/ING-increases-use-of-AI-in-mortgage-application-process">I.NG increases use of AI in mortgage application process</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643529/NatWest-inks-AI-deal-for-trade-finance">NatWest inks AI deal for trade finance</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642998/Commerzbank-to-cut-3000-jobs-as-it-leverages-AI-even-more">Commerzbank to cut 3,000 jobs as it ‘leverages AI even more’</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> HSBC and Google Cloud agree a multi-year contract to support UK bank’s adoption of artificial intelligence https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/HSBC-hero-AdobeStock_339397647_Editorial_Use_Only.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644792/HSBC-pens-artificial-intelligence-deal-with-Google-Cloud Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:00:00 GMT <p>An extension to the standoff period means the Post Office and supplier OneView Commerce are yet to sign the contract that will see the latter’s software replace Horizon across the branch network.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the Post Office and Accenture have finalised the £322.8m agreement for Lot 1 of the Horizon replacement contract, which will see the outsider transition support of Horizon away from Fujitsu on a “walk in, take over” basis.</p> <p>The £169.2m deal between the Post Office and OneView Commerce is for Lot 2 of the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643515/Fujitsu-finally-thrown-out-of-Post-Office-in-500m-Horizon-replacement-deals">contract aimed at removing Fujitsu</a> and its controversial Horizon system from the Post Office business.</p> <p>OneView Commerce will provide a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application hosted in the cloud, which the Post Office specified must use a modern microservice architecture. The software will provide point-of-sale capabilities and other functionality required for an end-to-end retail platform.</p> <p>In February, South Somerset-based subpostmaster Jim Gordon, who is part of a team known as Adopt a Function, which advises the Post Office in relation to the project, said Post Office branch business is rapidly changing and it requires an EPOS [electronic point of sale] to suit it.</p> <p>“The sort of things that I was doing a year ago are starting to die off now,” said Gordon. “I can’t tell you what a Post Office branch is going to look like in 2028 or 2030, but I know I need a platform that can give me the information I need to deliver a customer journey that’s flexible and adaptable.”</p> <p>The contracts with the supplier and Accenture were announced on 21 May and, <a href="https://www.publictechnology.net/2026/06/16/business-and-industry/signing-of-post-office-horizon-replacement-deal-delayed/">according to Publictechnology.net</a>, there was a proposed standstill period before contracts were formally signed. While the Accenture contract is signed off, the agreement with OneView Commerce is yet to be approved.</p> <p>A Post Office spokesperson said: “The standstill period for Lot 2 has been extended, and we will share further information as soon as we are able.”</p> <p>One IT services legal source told Computer Weekly that the delay could be for several reasons – serious or not – and it is “too early to jump to conclusions. These things happen and I am not sure I would read much into it at this point.”</p> <p>In a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639049/Eradicating-Fujitsu-and-Horizon-from-the-Post-Office-step-by-step">recent interview with Computer Weekly</a>, Post Office CTO Paul Anastassi said that Fujitsu will be out eight to 12 months after both contracts are signed with suppliers this summer. He added that by 2030, “we will have eradicated what we now know as Horizon completely from our estate. It won’t be there at all.”</p> <p>In February, the UK&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639388/Government-commits-483m-to-Post-Office-for-IT-transformation">government announced it will provide £483m in funding</a>&nbsp;towards the Post Office project to replace Fujitsu’s Horizon system and transform in-branch technology. This is in addition to funds previously provided for the project, including aborted attempts to replace Horizon, which takes the total to more than £700m.</p> <p>The Post Office scandal was&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240089230/Bankruptcy-prosecution-and-disrupted-livelihoods-Postmasters-tell-their-story">first exposed by Computer Weekly in 2009</a>, when it revealed the stories of seven subpostmasters and the problems they suffered due to Horizon, which led to the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British history&nbsp;(<i>see below timeline of Computer Weekly articles about the scandal since 2009</i>).</p> <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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;of legal disputes</a>.</li> <li>January 2013:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240238523/MPs-force-inquiry-into-Post-Office-subpostmaster-mediation-scheme">MPs force inquiry into Post Office&nbsp;subpostmaster mediation scheme</a>.</li> <li>January 2015:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240239009/Post-Offices-faces-grilling-by-MPs-over-Horizon-accounting-system">Post Office faces grilling by MPs&nbsp;over Horizon accounting system</a>.</li> <li>February 2015:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;talk to any subpostmaster&nbsp;about IT problems, promises CEO</a>.</li> <li>March 2015:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;day before potentially damaging report</a>.</li> <li>March 2015:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;before legal action, report claims</a>.</li> <li>April 2015:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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&nbsp; examination of Post office IT system has raised further questions</a>.</li> <li>May 2018:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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>.&nbsp;</li> <li>October 2019:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476768/Government-distances-itself-from-Post-Office-decisions-in-Horizon-IT-litigation">Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy says it did not make decisions in the Post Office’s recent court battle</a>.</li> <li>January 2020:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252482260/Met-Police-assess-evidence-of-potential-perjury-in-Post-Office-IT-trials">Met Police&nbsp;examines information about evidence&nbsp;given in court by Fujitsu staff on the Horizon IT system</a>.</li> <li>May 2020:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;received their damages after a High Court victory</a>.</li> <li>May 2020:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;left the organisation without fanfare&nbsp;despite many years of service</a>.</li> <li>May 2020:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;MP</a>.</li> <li>December 2020:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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>.&nbsp;</li> <li>March 2021:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512095/Government-widens-subpostmaster-miscarriage-of-justice-compensation">Government widens subpostmaster miscarriage of justice compensation scheme in&nbsp;Horizon scandal</a>.</li> <li>January 2022:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;as police investigate potential perjury in trials of subpostmasters wrongfully convicted of financial crimes</a>.</li> <li>May 2022:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;judicial scrutiny&nbsp;to break an impasse</a>.</li> <li>June 2022:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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&amp;_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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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&amp;_gl=1*4o99gw*_ga*Mjg2Mzg4NzMxLjE2NjQ5NjI1NDg.*_ga_TQKE4GS5P9*MTY2NzQ4NTg3OS4xMTIuMS4xNjY3NDg1OTg4LjAuMC4w">Game of ‘hardball’ in Horizon negotiations left subpostmasters exposed to tragedy</a>.</li> <li>November 2022:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;</li> <li>January 2024:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366568812/People-are-now-listening-Post-Office-inquiry-told-as-latest-phase-ends">‘People are now listening’:&nbsp;Post Office inquiry told as latest phase ends</a>.</li> <li>February 2024:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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’&nbsp;ploy to downplay Horizon problems</a>.</li> <li>April 2024:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366585863/You-knew-former-ally-accused-Paula-Vennells-of-knowing-about-Horizon-problems">‘You knew’:&nbsp;former ally accused Paula Vennells of knowing about Horizon problems</a>.</li> <li>May 2024:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366592443/Former-Post-Office-chair-regrets-keeping-critical-Horizon-report-secret">Former Post Office chair ‘regrets’&nbsp;keeping critical Horizon report secret</a>.</li> <li>July 2024:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366605718/Post-Office-systems-crash-hits-collapsing-Horizon-system">Post Office systems crash hits ‘collapsing’&nbsp;Horizon system</a>.</li> <li>August 2024:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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>.&nbsp;</li> <li>November 2024:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<a href="http://preview.pg.techtarget.com:8080/techtarget-ecm/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=41368aed229c6910VgnVCM1000003f80a50aRCRD&amp;vgnextchannel=006c165cad300310VgnVCM1000000d01c80aRCRD&amp;vgnextfmt=default&amp;appInstanceName=default&amp;_dc=1747403318234&amp;vgnextrefresh=1">Controversial Post Office Horizon system could stay until 2033</a>.</li> <li>May 2025:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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:&nbsp;<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> <li>May 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642879/Fujitsu-UK-pays-staff-bonuses-as-it-sits-on-Post-Office-scandal-contribution">Fujitsu UK pays staff bonuses as it sits on Post Office scandal contribution</a>.</li> <li>May 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642986/Accenture-joins-IBM-in-battle-for-323m-Post-Office-Horizon-deal">Accenture joins IBM in battle for £323m Post Office Horizon deal</a>.</li> <li>May 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642891/Post-Office-to-contest-Capture-conviction-appeal-despite-chairman-support-for-overturning-en-masse">Post Office to contest Capture conviction appeal despite chairman support for overturning en masse</a>.</li> <li>May 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643102/Post-Office-chair-defends-inappropriate-and-harmful-position-on-Capture-appeals">Post Office chair defends ‘inappropriate and harmful’ position on Capture appeals</a>.</li> <li>May 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642931/Post-Office-objection-to-Capture-appeals-is-inexplicable-and-unconscionable">Post Office objection to Capture appeals is ‘inexplicable and unconscionable’</a>.</li> <li>May 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643515/Fujitsu-finally-thrown-out-of-Post-Office-in-500m-Horizon-replacement-deals">Fujitsu finally thrown out of Post Office in £500m Horizon replacement deals</a>.</li> <li>May 2026:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643541/Sir-Alan-Bates-questions-UK-government-commitment-to-Post-Office-criminal-investigation">Sir Alan Bates questions UK government commitment to Post Office criminal investigation</a>.</li> <li>June 2026: <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644383/Post-Office-Capture-appeal-objections-not-right-just-or-fair">Influential advisory group tells Post Office there is a ‘clear case’ that Capture convictions are unsafe</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Lot 2 of the contract to replace Fujitsu’s controversial Horizon EPOS system has still not been signed off https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/post-office-sign-2-london-wall-clrcrmck.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644578/Post-Office-delays-signing-Horizon-software-replacement-contract Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:14:00 GMT <p>Process mining and intelligence software supplier Celonis has called on FTSE 100 companies to seize an opportunity to save a collective £4.4bn in economic value over three years by closing what it terms “execution gaps” in enterprise workflows.</p> <p>The supplier is making the claim today at its UK event, Process Intelligence Day: London.</p> <p>Basing its claim on <a target="_blank" href="https://tei.forrester.com/go/celonis/processIntelligence/index.html?lang=en-us" rel="noopener">Forrester research</a> that suggests a $20bn revenue company could find $44.1m worth of economic benefits over three years from Celonis’s process mining technology, the supplier estimates that the FTSE 100, as a whole, could benefit to the tune of roughly £4.4bn.</p> <p>Celonis says the opportunity is larger still when agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is scaled up. It said a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.capgemini.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AI-Agents_web_160226-1.pdf" rel="noopener">Capgemini Research Institute study</a> indicates that organisations with <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/definition/agentic-AI">agentic AI</a> deployed at enterprise levels could generate economic value equivalent to 2.5% of annual revenue over the next three years – a roughly £50bn opportunity when extrapolated to the FTSE 100.</p> <p>The Capgemini research cited by Celonis estimates that AI agents could create around $450bn in economic value by 2028 across 14 countries through revenue growth and cost savings.</p> <p>But Celonis maintains that an “execution gap” stands in the way of realising business value from AI. This represents, it said in a statement to Computer Weekly, the “hidden cost of fragmented data and inefficient workflows that cause the average large enterprise to leak significant annual revenue”.</p> <p>The firm said in a press statement: “There is a fundamental gap between a personal productivity hack and a robust enterprise solution. Companies need to bridge that gap to industrialise AI.”</p> <p>Rupal Karia, Celonis senior vice-president and general manager for UKI, Northern Europe and MEA, said: “The UK is rapidly building the foundations to lead in applied AI, from investment in <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641682/UK-governments-50m-sovereign-AI-fund-bids-to-commercialise-research">sovereign AI</a> to nationwide skills training.</p> <p>“The next challenge is turning that ambition into measurable results. Many organisations still face a gap between AI investment and return because their systems and agents lack a shared understanding of how the business actually runs. Celonis provides a living model of operations that helps people and AI agents reason and act reliably. That context is what enables enterprises and the public sector to modernise processes, improve transparency and unlock measurable value.”&nbsp;</p> <p>Celonis said it already works with 20% of FTSE 100 companies, and has delivered £1.5bn in economic value for its UK customers.</p> <p>Customers include Asos, AstraZeneca, Ireland-based packaging company Smurfit Westrock and the UK <a href="https://www.celonis.com/news/press/celonis-announces-partnership-with-uk-cabinet-office-to-streamline-government-processes">Cabinet Office</a>. Celonis says its technology allows these organisations to streamline workflows, optimise inventory management and replace legacy systems.</p> <p>The supplier also says it is supporting the UK government’s skills ambitions, with 3,200 people enrolled in the Celonis Academy, which works with 260 UK partner organisations.</p> <p>Celonis faces competition in the <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searcherp/tip/Process-mining-software-comparison-What-CIOs-should-look-at">process mining</a> and intelligence market from <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchsap/news/252495495/SAP-acquires-process-mining-software-vendor-Signavio">SAP Signavio</a>, Software AG, with its ARIS platform, and UiPath Process Mining, among others.</p> <p>In May 2026, it <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642978/Celonis-acquires-MIT-linked-decision-intelligence-firm-Ikigai">acquired MIT-linked decision intelligence supplier Ikigai Labs</a> to bolster a stated drive to eliminate artificial intelligence blind spots from enterprise IT.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about process intelligence</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>What is <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchbusinessanalytics/definition/process-intelligence">process intelligence?</a></li> <li>Celonis acquires <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642978/Celonis-acquires-MIT-linked-decision-intelligence-firm-Ikigai">MIT-linked decision intelligence firm Ikigai</a>.</li> <li>What adding a <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searcherp/podcast/What-adding-a-decision-intelligence-platform-can-do-for-ERP">decision intelligence platform</a> can do for ERP.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Celonis claims FTSE 100 firms could save £4.4bn by closing ‘execution gaps’ in workflows through process intelligence software, potentially rising to £50bn with agentic AI https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/warehouse-worker-2-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644572/UK-companies-can-seize-50bn-prize-by-industrialising-AI-claims-Celonis Wed, 17 Jun 2026 06:00:00 GMT <p>Capita is expected to miss the June 30 deadline to have the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) administration running as it should, according to trade union.</p> <p>The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) said it was told by the Cabinet Office that it expected Capita to miss the deadline set by Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds.</p> <p>The contract has been beset by problems. Following more than 40 years of service, former civil servant <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639686/Civil-service-veteran-incandescent-as-wait-for-pension-hits-four-months-amid-outsourcing-mess">Steve Tessier</a> is still waiting for his pension more than six months after retiring, saying he is increasingly concluding that Capita and the Cabinet Office “took a risk” with people’s money.</p> <p>“The more I learn of the warnings that were given well before the 1 Dec 25 transfer, [the more it] suggests that someone thought they knew better and took a risk with my money, and that of thousands of fellow retirees and their dependents. Sickening, if so,” said Tessier.</p> <p>He added that there is “absolutely no surprise” to him that Capita is set to miss the deadline this month, “not least because I am still waiting for my pension”. He stated that judging from civil services groups on social media, there are “still a lot of people in the same boat”.</p> <p>Thousands of current and former civil servants are affected. According to the PCS, 607 MPs have received at least one email from constituents about this crisis, with more than 3,134 emails sent in total.</p> <p>“I have no confidence that the Cabinet Office or Capita have reliable enough data to judge either,” added Tessier.</p> <p>Tessier spent most of his 40-year civil service career at the Ministry of Defence, which included a spell on secondment at Nato.</p> <p>As reported by Computer Weekly in October last year, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366633358/Capita-rubbishes-Public-Accounts-Committee-report-claims">Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warned the government</a>&nbsp;about the missed IT milestones as being of concern, among other things, which Capita rubbished at the time.</p> <p>A couple of months later, on 1 December, Capita took over the pension scheme, which has 1.7 million members, from MyCSP, in line with the £239m contract awarded in 2023.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Government rescue"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Government rescue</h2> <p>But by January this year, an&nbsp;<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>&nbsp;to lead an “urgent recovery plan” amid difficulties following the transfer.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>The PCS said it was informed that “not only will the service fail to meet contractual standards by the ministerial deadline, but the extensive recovery operation established to prop up the failing contractor will also need to continue beyond that date”.</p> <p>The Cabinet Office would not confirm this, with a spokesperson stating: “The&nbsp;service&nbsp;levels&nbsp;following the move to&nbsp;Capita&nbsp;have been&nbsp;unacceptable.&nbsp;An urgent recovery plan is underway, and our immediate priority is to stabilise service levels and give current and former&nbsp;civil&nbsp;servants&nbsp;the&nbsp;service&nbsp;they deserve.<br><br>“To this end, the minister for the Cabinet Office Nick Thomas-Symonds set a deadline of the end of June for significant progress to have been made in this area,&nbsp;and we&nbsp;will assess the situation at the end of the month.”<br><br>The spokesperson added: “We will continue to use all available commercial levers to hold Capita to account and ensure they deliver for both members and taxpayers.</p> <p>Capita had not responded to questions by the time this article was published.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Blame game"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Blame game</h2> <p>In a February PAC meeting, Capita blamed a backlog of work inherited from previous supplier MyCSP for the problems. Capita executives told MPs it was left with&nbsp;<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>.</p> <p>Facing MPs then, Chris Clements, managing director of Capita Public Services, was asked if the business process outsourcing company had been lied. He said: “We were surprised by the nature of the backlog on going live.”</p> <p>But in a letter to MPs, Duncan Watson, CEO at MyCSP – which was set up as a private and government joint venture in 2012 – <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641895/Capita-lacked-detail-and-thoroughness-in-planning-botched-Civil-service-pension-scheme-takeover">hit back</a>. He told MPs that Capita did not take advantage of MyCSP’s 12 years’ experience administering the scheme during its takeover and that Capita’s preparations for the contract switch, such as dress rehearsals, were inadequate.</p> <p>Fran Heathcote, PCS general secretary, said news of the expected missed target this month “is beyond disappointing, but I can’t say it’s surprising”, adding: “Capita has missed deadline after deadline, yet civil servants and pension scheme members continue to pay the price for those failures.</p> <p>“Minor financial penalties mean little when you look at the size of the contracts they’ve been rewarded. They’re certainly no comfort if you’re facing financial hardship because you’ve retired and your pension hasn’t been paid. Ministers must now take immediate steps to bring the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme back into the civil service.”</p> <p>Minister Thomas-Symonds <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642152/Government-terminates-Capitas-Royal-Mail-pension-contract">stripped Capita of its Royal Mail Pension scheme contract</a> in April, citing Capita’s failure “to deliver numerous milestones” as the reason.</p> <p>As revealed by Computer Weekly last month, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643712/Ministers-refused-to-sign-off-563m-Capita-contract-amid-civil-service-pension-disaster">ministers refused to sign off a contract to Capita</a> because of the supplier’s civil service pension administration problems.</p> <p>Computer Weekly understands a&nbsp;<a href="https://bidstats.uk/tenders/2025/W02/838140323">£563m contract</a>&nbsp;that Capita had all but sewn up with the Cabinet Office was cancelled after ministers refused to approve it due to Capita’s CSPS administration failures.</p> <p>According to sources, Capita was set to be awarded the Learning Frameworks 2.0 contract, which will replace existing learning and development contracts held by KPMG, but the government has cancelled the procurement and will bring the service in-house.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about Capita and the Civil Service Pension Scheme</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643878/Capita-launched-civil-service-pension-scheme-site-without-basic-web-security">Capita went live with its troubled civil service pensions administration without a basic Domain Name System security feature</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643712/Ministers-refused-to-sign-off-563m-Capita-contract-amid-civil-service-pension-disaster">Ministers refused to sign off £563m Capita contract amid civil service pension disaster</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643012/Civil-servants-to-protest-at-Capita-general-meeting-amid-pension-crisis">Civil servants to protest at Capita general meeting amid pension crisis</a>.</li> <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/366642539/MP-committees-to-double-up-on-Capitas-civil-service-pension-crisis">MP committees to double up on Capita’s civil service pension crisis</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642312/Government-should-drop-Capita-from-civil-service-scheme-after-it-loses-Royal-Mail-role-says-union">Government should drop Capita from civil service scheme after it loses Royal Mail role, says union</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> </section> Outsourcing firm’s botched takeover of civil service pension administration has seen scheme members experience financial hardship https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/enterprise-IT-contract-fotolia.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644692/Cabinet-Office-states-Capita-set-to-miss-Civil-Service-Pension-Scheme-deadline Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:30:00 GMT <p>The UK’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has worked with <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643799/Data-dive-Mapping-the-UK-public-sectors-hyperscale-dependence">Google Cloud</a>, Google DeepMind and Faculty – a company recently acquired by Accenture – to improve the planning system.<br>&nbsp;<br>The collaboration on the Augmented Planning Decisions (APD) tool, which uses <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627224/UK-government-signs-deal-with-Google-Cloud-to-upskill-100000-civil-servants-in-AI-by-2030">Google Cloud,</a> is being developed and alpha-tested with local planning authorities in the London Borough of Barnet, Dorset Council and the London Borough of Camden, to help planning officers navigate complex local policies.</p> <p>Speaking about how the Augmented Planning Decisions tool is being used, Naisha Polaine, executive director for growth at Barnet Council, said: “The tool’s ability to collect relevant information, undertake a provisional assessment, and draft the foundations of a report has the potential to save significant officer time spent working on the administration of planning applications and direct this to speeding up the decision-making process for residents. In turn, this will contribute significantly to delivering our housebuilding growth targets in the borough.”</p> <p>The government plans to make the Augmented Planning Decisions tool available to councils nationally from 2027.</p> <p>Lila Ibrahim, chief artificial intelligence (AI) readiness officer at Google DeepMind, said: “The UK has an opportunity to build the homes our communities need, but local councils face a mountain of paperwork. That’s why we’re co-creating a sophisticated planning tool directly with councils to solve real-world bottlenecks. This will help significantly cut decision times, freeing up planners to focus on the future to get Britain building faster.”</p> <p>Alongside the APD, the MHCLG and the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639792/UK-lab-gets-funding-to-drive-foundational-AI-research">Incubator for AI (i.AI)</a> – the UK government’s in-house applied AI team – plan to deploy the internally developed Extract AI tool to all councils across England following a series of successful trials. The AI-powered tool transforms complex geospatial information from static documents into digital, structured formats, which MHCLG says is significantly faster and runs more consistently and at lower cost than traditional manual methods.&nbsp;</p> <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> The UK has an opportunity to build the homes our communities need, but local councils face a mountain of paperwork. That’s why we’re co-creating a sophisticated planning tool directly with councils to solve real-world bottlenecks </figure> <figcaption> <strong>Lila Ibrahim, Google DeepMind</strong> </figcaption> <i class="icon" data-icon="z"></i> </div> </blockquote> <p>The development of Extract AI, which began with i.AI brainstorming sessions in November 2024, has involved converting paper maps, PDFs and scanned documents into data that can be pushed into the government’s new Planning Data platform. Once the data is in the right format, planning data is then made available to modern planning tools like the open source PlanX system, which is being used by several local authorities.</p> <p>It uses advanced language models, including <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/tip/Microsoft-Copilot-vs-Google-Gemini-How-do-they-compare">Google DeepMind’s Gemini</a>, to read and extract text information. Computer vision technology, including Meta’s Segment Anything Model, is also being used to analyse images and maps. The tool works through a two-stage process. It first extracts key details like dates, locations and planning decisions from text. Then it uses what i.AI says is “intelligent image analysis” to trace property boundaries and create accurate digital maps.</p> <p>Extract AI is expected to save the average council around 255 hours of manual work in digesting documents into digital form.</p> <p>Google said <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641999/Google-launches-Gemini-Agent-Platform-eighth-generation-TPUs">Gemini on Google Cloud</a> is enabling the UK government to use the advanced reasoning of the company’s most capable AI models within a protected environment. “This approach allows the government to mitigate risks like prompt injection and ensure that data remains sovereign and secure,” Maureen Costello, vice-president for the UK, Ireland and Sub-Saharan Africa at Google Cloud, wrote in a blog post.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about UK government AI projects</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Department for Transport shows how its <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641644/Department-for-Transport-shows-how-its-AI-system-avoids-bias">AI system avoids bias</a>: A report looking at a system to extract themes from public consultations highlights human and LLM-based checks.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644104/AI-Summit-London-AIs-role-in-UK-defence">AI’s role in UK defence</a>: AI innovation moves quickly, unlike the speed of innovation in the military. How can AI be used to improve the UK armed forces?</li> </ul> </div> </div> The UK planning system is being reworked with artificial intelligence and computer vision to provide data in a consistent format https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/UK-map-counties1-VectorShop-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644633/Google-Cloud-Summit-UK-to-deploy-AI-powered-planning-system Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:55:00 GMT <p>The UK’s <a href="https://www.npl.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Physical Laboratory</a> (NPL) is to establish a National Quantum Standards Network (QSN) to set up a standards framework for <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/quantum-computing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quantum computing technologies</a> and help establish the future rules of the road.</p> <p>Backed by £10m of funding from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), the UK government claims the QSN will be the first such network in the world. Besides setting out coordinated standards to accelerate new breakthroughs in the field, Westminster intends for the QSN to help turn cutting-edge UK research into secure and reliable products and services.</p> <p>With key strategic partners including the <a href="https://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">British Standards Institution</a> (BSI), the <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Cyber Security</a> Centre (NCSC), UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI’s) <a href="https://www.nqcc.ac.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Quantum Computing Centre</a> and quantum sector consortium <a href="https://ukquantum.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UKQuantum</a>, the network’s backers said it will oversee every aspect of quantum computing, from complex technical minutiae such as the linewidths of the ultra-narrow lasers used to control qubits, to size, weight and energy efficiency requirements, and cyber security.</p> <p>Launching the QSN earlier on 16 June, science minister Patrick Vallance said: “Quantum could bring benefits to our society as significant as what we are seeing with AI, with the potential to deliver new medicines, better public services and protect our finances.</p> <p>“The UK’s quantum sector is already a global leader. With the National Quantum Standards Network we will accelerate its growth, meaning more British&nbsp;jobs and investment into our economy from&nbsp;all over the world.</p> <p>“As key decisions are taken in international quantum standards-setting bodies over the coming years, the UK will now lead the way globally with its own dedicated network. The QSN will give British companies a voice in standards over the long term in a sector which has the potential to add £212bn to the UK economy and add 100,000 jobs.”</p> <p>NPL CEO Peter Thompson added: “Standards are the backbone of responsible, scalable innovation. By coordinating&nbsp;expertise across the UK quantum ecosystem, the network will accelerate technology adoption, boost UK competitiveness and support the safe and ethical development of quantum technologies.” &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Trevor Graham, chief security officer at <a href="https://arqitgroup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arqit</a>, which is at the forefront of UK research into <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643900/UAE-launches-national-cryptography-discovery-platform-to-accelerate-post-quantum-security-transition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the implications of quantum computing on cyber security</a>, welcomed a strategically important step for the nation.</p> <p>“The quantum race won't be won solely by who builds the most advanced systems – it will also be shaped by who writes the rules others follow,” said Graham. “Standards are what turn scientific breakthroughs into technologies organisations can actually trust and deploy. The NCSC’s involvement sends the right signal: security isn’t an afterthought. Quantum will only achieve widespread adoption if trust is built in from the start.”</p> <p>However, said Graham, standards alone will not suffice. As quantum computers move closer to reality, organisations must do more to confront the threat it poses to cryptography.</p> <p>“Preparing for post-quantum cryptography at enterprise scale starts with a simple question: where does cryptography live across your organisation?” said Graham. “Visibility, discovery and assessment aren’t just best practice – they’re the foundation of any successful migration.”</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Economic boost"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Economic boost</h2> <p>The government believes that quantum computing could add more than £200bn of value to the UK economy, and create upwards of 100,000 jobs. In March of this year, the government moved to support innovation in the field <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uks-quantum-leap-tohelp-beat-diseasedeliver-high-paid-jobs-and-strengthen-national-security-as-first-country-in-the-world-to-roll-out-quantum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with a £2bn investment</a> – including £1.2bn for the procurement of large-scale quantum computers – to give innovators confidence in bringing new technologies out of the lab and into the market.</p> <p>In a further vote of confidence in the UK’s potential, Colorado-based quantum components specialist <a href="https://vescent.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vescent</a> recently set up its first office outside the US at the NPL’s campus in Teddington, southwest London.</p> <p>The firm’s CEO and co-founder Scott Davis said that the UK offered a “unique environment” for scaling breakthrough technologies: “Establishing our presence here enables us to deepen our partnership with NPL and expand with other leading industry and government players, as well as universities, to collaborate more closely with and better serve customers across the UK and Europe.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about quantum computing</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Quantum computing presents unique sustainability challenges due to its specialised infrastructure and energy demands, <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/sustainability/feature/How-does-quantum-computing-affect-sustainability" target="_blank" rel="noopener">while also offering potential efficiency gains</a>.</li> <li>Microsoft researchers have made a breakthrough in quantum reliability <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643935/Agentic-AI-helps-Microsoft-speed-up-viable-quantum-computer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with the help of agentic artificial intelligence</a>.</li> <li>University of Waterloo proposes encrypted qubit encodings that enable one-time reconstruction, <a href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchstorage/feature/Solving-quantum-computings-longstanding-no-cloning-problem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reframing quantum data resilience, security and storage</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> National Quantum Standards Network will be overseen by the UK’s National Physical Laboratory, with the aim of establishing the rules of the road for quantum computing and accelerating British innovation https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/quantum-computing-1-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644348/NPL-to-run-worlds-first-quantum-standards-network Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:15:00 GMT <p>Scotland will ensure that any police use of facial recognition technology is “lawful, effective, proportionate and grounded in respect for human rights,” according to the Scottish justice secretary.&nbsp;</p> <p>Writing to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366557319/Egregious-to-link-passport-data-with-facial-recognition-systems">Scottish biometrics commissioner Brian Plastow</a> – who urged the Scottish government in late May 2026 to introduce primary legislation for the police use of live facial-recognition (LFR) technology – Neil Gray, the cabinet secretary for justice, <a href="https://www.biometricscommissioner.scot/media/f0rlwway/cabsecresponse-lfr.pdf">said</a> the Scottish government will actively be monitoring how Westminster approaches the development of a new legal framework for the use of biometrics in law enforcement.</p> <p>Gray also said that while Scottish policing bodies are at least two years away from having a workable business case for the technology, he has taken note of Plastow’s “view that the introduction of primary legislation to Parliament would represent the optimal approach to establishing a statutory basis and enabling framework for the limited and proportionate use of LFR by Police Scotland”.</p> <p>Gray added although it would be “premature” for the Scottish government to commit to primary legislation on LFR given these circumstances, it stands ready to work with Plastow and others to ensure that any use of the technology is “lawful, effective, proportionate and grounded in respect for human rights”.</p> <p>He further added that any draft legislation for police biometrics published in England and Wales will be “carefully assessed” by the Scottish government for both its applicability and implications.</p> <p>The clarification on how Scotland will approach police LFR follows <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643097/Kings-Speech-paves-the-way-for-digital-ID">the Kings Speech in mid-May 2026</a>, which set out the intention of Westminster to bring forward legislation in this session of Parliament.</p> <p><a href="https://www.biometricscommissioner.scot/media/wy0fcyhf/letter-to-neil-gray-msp-cabinet-secretary-for-justice.pdf">Writing to the justice secretary on 26 May</a>, Plastow noted that because rapid advances in technology tend to outpace the law, their deployment in a law enforcement context also means they tend to “emerge and proliferate” in a legal vacuum, as exemplified by the situation with LFR in England and Wales.</p> <p>Highlighting <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638196/Home-Office-announces-sweeping-police-technology-plans">Home Office plans</a> to massively expand its funding and use of LFR and other artificial intelligence (AI)-powered biometrics, Plastow added it would be “inconceivable” that Police Scotland would not want access to the same technologies.</p> <p>He added the technology could be particularly helpful in, for example, dealing with serious organised crime, counter-terror policing operations, county-lines drug dealing, and as part of a strategic response to the national emergency of male violence towards women and girls.</p> <p>“[However,] in England and Wales, the approach has been to put the cart before the horse as evidenced by the technology being introduced within a legal vacuum with primary legislation proposed only after the home secretary has already made a funding decision to support its adoption and roll out to all police forces in England and Wales,” he wrote.</p> <p>“Therefore, my purpose in writing to you is to advocate a different approach for Scotland and to ask ministers to consider bringing forward primary legislation in Scotland to create a statutory basis and enabling framework for the limited and proportionate use of LFR in Scotland by Police Scotland within legislative guardrails approved by the Scottish Parliament for its use.”</p> <p>He said that unlike in England and Wales, this approach could help “establish legal and democratic legitimacy as well as public accountability”, adding while there are other routes to introducing police LFR in Scotland (such as through the biometrics commissioner’s Statutory Code of Practice introduced in November 2022), this would “carry less democratic legitimacy and accountability and would not be exposed to full Parliamentary debate”.</p> <p>Gray responded to Plastow that such an alternative route would still require Scottish ministers to approve changes to the Code of Practice and “lay draft affirmative regulations” to bring those revisions into effect – a process that would still be open to Parliamentary scrutiny if the Scottish Parliament decides to exercise it.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="LFR in England and Wales"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>LFR in England and Wales</h2> <p>While the use of LFR by police in England and Wales – beginning with the Met’s deployment at Notting Hill Carnival in August 2016 – has already&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252523634/Met-Police-ramp-up-facial-recognition-despite-ongoing-concerns">ramped up massively in recent years</a>, there has so far been&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615579/MPs-hold-first-ever-debate-on-live-facial-recognition">minimal public debate</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616894/Met-Police-challenged-on-claim-LFR-supported-by-majority-of-Lewisham-residents">consultation</a>, with the Home Office claiming for years that there is already “comprehensive” legal framework in place.</p> <p>However, in December 2025,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635529/Home-Office-launches-police-facial-recognition-consultation">the Home Office launched a 10-week consultation on the use of LFR by UK police</a>, allowing interested parties and members of the public to share their views on how the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/UK-police-facial-recognition-what-you-need-to-know">controversial technology</a>&nbsp;should be regulated.</p> <p>At the start of its LFR consultation – which the Home Office is still yet to formally respond to – the department said although a “patchwork” legal framework for police facial recognition exists (including for the increasing use of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252507569/Met-Police-purchase-new-retrospective-facial-recognition-system">retrospective</a>&nbsp;and “<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366560813/UK-police-plan-national-roll-out-of-facial-recognition-phone-app">operator-initiated</a>” versions of the technology),&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366627654/UK-to-create-governance-framework-for-police-facial-recognition">it does not give police themselves the confidence</a>&nbsp;to “use it at significantly greater scale … nor does it consistently give the public the confidence that it will be used responsibly”.</p> <p>It added that the current rules governing police LFR use are “complicated and difficult to understand”, and that an ordinary member of the public would be required to read four pieces of legislation, police national guidance documents and a range of detailed legal or data protection documents from individual forces to fully understand the basis for LFR use on their high streets.</p> <p>Responding to Plastow, Gray said: “While the findings of the UK government’s consultation, and its formal response, are still to be published, the finer detail of any draft legislation once published will be carefully assessed by the Scottish Government in terms of their applicability to, and implications for, Scotland.”</p> <p>However, despite not having even formally responded to the consultation – and before the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642736/UK-High-Court-dismisses-facial-recognition-judicial-review-case">now-dismissed judicial review case</a> against the Met’s use of the technology had even been <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366637602/Landmark-legal-challenge-against-police-facial-recognition-begins">heard</a> –&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366638196/Home-Office-announces-sweeping-police-technology-plans">the Home Office announced sweeping reform to UK policing in January 2026</a>, which included significant investment into the LFR capabilities of police in England and Wales.</p> <p>Computer Weekly has contacted the Home Office on two occasions about when it will publicly respond to the consultation but is yet to receive a response.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Consultation response so far"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Consultation response so far</h2> <p>Despite this, many organisations – including <a href="https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/our-work/advising-parliament-and-governments/consultation-new-legal-framework-law-enforcement-use">regulatory bodies</a>, <a href="https://www.privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5741/privacy-internationals-response-uk-home-office-consultation-facial-recognition">civil society groups</a> and <a href="https://research.northumbria.ac.uk/probablefutures/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PROBabLE-Futures-Government-consultation-on-a-new-legal-framework-for-law-enforcement-use-of-biometrics-Final-10.02.2026.pdf">academics</a> – have begun posting their consultation responses online.</p> <p>While a consensus is emerging around the need for clear regulatory requirements around, for example, oversight, safeguards and what constitutes proportionate use, there are also points of divergence, particularly over how high thresholds should be set for the police use of powerful biometric technologies.</p> <p>For example, while some say these technologies are valid and valuable policing tools, others have argued that the level of intrusion on people’s rights means there are exceedingly few cases, if any, where they should be allowed.</p> <p>However, all responses published so far agreed that, given the threats to rights presented by biometric surveillance technologies, it is not an option to continue without a dedicated legal framework.</p> <p>For William Webster, the biometrics and surveillance camera commissioner for England and Wales, the success of any new framework is dependent on effective oversight by “an independent regulatory body with adequate powers and resources to conduct its business and particularly to enable appropriate use of technology and to identify and sanction unlawful activities”.</p> <p>He added in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commissioners-response-to-the-live-facial-recognition-consultation/commissioners-response-to-the-live-facial-recognition-consultation-accessible">his consultation response</a> that the scope for both individual and society-level harms mean voluntary self-regulator “will not be sufficient to ensure compliance with standards”, and that any new regulator “must make compliance mandatory, offer proactive oversight with an inspection and compliance regime, and be able to enact swift remedies where compliance is not evident”.</p> <p>Webster also said the regulator must be empowered to publish codes of practice to operationalise the key principles of the framework, including reasonableness, proportionality and assessment of harm.&nbsp;</p> <p>There have been repeated calls from both Parliament and civil society over many years for the police’s use of facial recognition to be regulated.</p> <p>This includes three separate inquiries by the Justice and Home Affairs Committee into&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366615259/Lords-shoplifting-inquiry-calls-for-facial-recognition-laws">shoplifting</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252515236/Overhaul-of-UK-police-tech-needed-to-prevent-abuse">police algorithms</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366567956/Lords-question-legality-of-police-facial-recognition">police facial recognition</a>; two of the&nbsp;UK’s former biometrics commissioners,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252503405/UK-needs-legislation-with-specific-focus-on-biometric-technologies">Paul Wiles</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/365530997/Police-tech-needs-clear-legal-rules-says-biometric-regulator">Fraser Sampson</a>; an&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252522157/Urgent-need-for-new-laws-to-govern-biometrics-legal-review-finds">independent legal review</a>&nbsp;by Matthew Ryder QC; the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252480030/Equality-watchdog-calls-on-police-to-stop-using-facial-recognition">UK’s Equalities and Human Rights Commission</a>; and the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252466978/Parliamentary-committee-calls-for-halt-to-facial-recognition-trials">House of Commons Science and Technology Committee</a>, which called for a moratorium on live facial recognition as far back as July 2019.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about facial recognition</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640307/Essex-Police-halts-live-facial-recognition-over-bias-and-accuracy-risks">Essex Police halts live facial recognition over bias and accuracy risks</a>: LFR deployments by Essex Police will not continue until risks associated with bias and inaccuracy have been reduced.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/How-police-live-facial-recognition-subtly-reconfigures-suspicion">How police live facial recognition subtly reconfigures suspicion</a>: A growing body of research suggests that the use of live facial recognition is reshaping police perceptions of suspicion in ways that undermine supposed human-in-the-loop protections.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632223/Police-facial-recognition-trials-show-little-evidence-of-benefits">Police facial recognition trials show little evidence of benefits</a>: In-the-wild testing of police facial recognition systems has failed to generate clear evidence of the technology’s benefits, or to assess the full range of socio-technical impacts.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> The Scottish government has confirmed its intention to ensure police use of facial recognition is lawful before deployments start taking place, unlike in England and Wales where the technology has been rolled out in a ‘legal vacuum’ without any formal scrutiny or debate https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/facial-recognition-tracking-greenbutterfly-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644481/Scottish-minister-clarifies-police-facial-recognition-approach Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:52:00 GMT <p>MPs are calling on the government to reduce the UK’s dependency on big technology companies amid concerns that the state is over-reliant on overseas suppliers, posing national security and economic risks.</p> <p>An <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4035/stages/20525/amendments/10034731">amendment</a> to the <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4035">Cyber Security and Resilience Bill</a> (CSRB), backed by 20 MPs, calls for the government to publish a digital security strategy to assess the risks of relying on overseas technology in critical infrastructure.</p> <p>The move comes as the European Commission <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643862/EU-unveils-full-stack-sovereignty-package-to-build-Euro-tech-muscle">sets out plans for a programme to build sovereign IT capabilities</a>, including European datacentres and a move to open source software to reduce dependency on US technology suppliers.</p> <p>The amendment, proposed by <a href="https://members.parliament.uk/member/5201/contact">Liberal Democrat MP Victoria Collins</a>, which will be debated today, calls on the British government to publish a “digital sovereignty strategy” that will commit to building technology capabilities in the UK and to reduce dependency on overseas suppliers.</p> <p>The amendment, which covers critical digital and managed service providers, would require the government to set out a strategy to mitigate the risks of foreign interference and the UK’s reliance on foreign suppliers.&nbsp;It also calls for an assessment of the risks associated with hardware, software, supply chains and procurement processes.</p> <p>The MPs argue that a digital sovereignty strategy is necessary to ensure that government departments do not get “locked in” to proprietary technology from big tech companies, making it difficult or impossible for them to change suppliers.</p> <p>The strategy would also support UK jobs, skills and innovation by encouraging <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643844/Starmer-announces-sovereign-compute-strategy-amid-11bn-chip-investment">investment in UK technology companies</a> and making it easier for them to win <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/search">government contracts</a>.</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="UK ‘at mercy’ of a handful of US tech companies"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>UK ‘at mercy’ of a handful of US tech companies</h2> <p>The amendment follows <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/135/science-innovation-and-technology-committee/news/214048/mps-warn-that-palantirs-increasing-presence-in-the-uk-public-sector-is-an-unacceptable-point-of-weakness/">warnings from a cross-party group of MPs</a> that the UK public sector is becoming increasingly reliant on a small number of US technology suppliers, including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services and <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643883/SIT-Committee-urges-Palantir-exit-in-push-to-end-US-cloud-grip">Palantir</a>.</p> <p>The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee said the UK’s dependence on a small number of providers represented a “clear vulnerability” and left ambitions to digitally transform public services potentially “at the mercy” of foreign actors.</p> <p>Collins has previously raised concerns over the lack of published information in the UK’s <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67b5f85732b2aab18314bbe4/National_Risk_Register_2025.pdf">National Risk Register</a> on the risks posed by foreign states using legal powers, such as sanctions, to disrupt or discontinue critical digital services used by the UK.</p> <p>She was among <a href="https://www.sianberry.org.uk/publications/calling-for-changes-to-the-national-risk-register/">four MPs to write to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster</a> and the chairs of two influential parliamentary committees in April, urging the government to take steps to ensure the UK’s digital systems would remain resilient in the event of threats or interference by a foreign government.</p> <p>The MPs pressed the government to publish a currently secret analysis of “chronic risks”, including “concentration of risk through dominance of global tech”, the UK’s “reliance on digital platforms and digital services”, and “impacts from the use and capability of artificial intelligence (AI)”.</p> <p>“The UK public debate on digital sovereignty is significantly hampered by the secrecy surrounding the mitigation strategies for the chronic risks mentioned in the National Risk Register,” the MPs wrote.</p> <p>“This contrasts with open discussions and analysis in other European countries. While there may be aspects of the current documents that need to be kept secret, this cannot and must not apply to the whole analysis,” they stated.</p> <p>European states, including France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands, have engaged in national debates about the risks of overdependence on overseas technology.</p> <p>France, for example, is moving to <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/france-dumps-teams-zoom-digital-sovereignty-replacement/">sovereign open source desktop and collaboration</a> tools for its senior civil servants to reduce risks of surveillance or loss of services. And <a href="https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/bwibundeswehr-chooses-open-source-adopting-opendesk">the German armed forces are moving to OpenDesk,</a> an open source alternative to Microsoft Office.</p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/16/uk-bank-bosses-plan-visa-mastercard-alternative">European banks are also taking</a> action to protect themselves against interference from the US by building their own electronic card payment system as an alternative to the US-run Mastercard and Visa networks.</p> <p>The UK Parliament has previously discussed potential risks of relying on Chinese suppliers, including Huawei and Lenovo.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Amendment to the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill</h3> <p>The secretary of state must publish a digital sovereignty strategy setting out the government’s plans for maintaining the security and resilience of networks and information systems within 12 months.</p> <p>The strategy will set out the government’s approach to:</p> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Assessing, managing and mitigating the risks of foreign interference.</li> <li>Assessing, managing and mitigating the risk of reliance on foreign-supplied technologies.</li> <li>Building UK capabilities to prevent over-reliance on foreign providers.</li> </ul> <p>The strategy will:</p> <ul class="default-list"> <li>Cover relevant operators of essential services, digital service providers, managed services and critical suppliers as defined by the Security of Network &amp; Information Systems Regulations (NIS Regulations).</li> <li>Assess the risks associated with hardware, software, supply chains and procurement processes.</li> <li>Show how the government intends to reduce strategic dependence on foreign-owned service providers to mitigate the risk of systemic disruption</li> <li>Commit to prioritising technologies developed in the UK to reduce reliance on foreign technologies.</li> <li>State how the government intends to address risks of foreign interference by supporting domestic technology or introducing technology to secure systems.</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Amendment seeks ambitious approach to UK technology"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Amendment seeks ambitious approach to UK technology</h2> <p>Collins said the aim of the amendment was not to shut the doors to global technological innovation, but for the government to take a “smart, strategic and ambitious approach” to UK technology.</p> <p>“Right now, too much of our critical national infrastructure and too many government services depend on foreign technology and supply chains. This creates real risks, from national security vulnerabilities to economic fragility,” she added.</p> <p>Collins said <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/This-rise-of-the-splinternet-Data-sovereignty-risks-and-responses">UK technology companies are being locked out of government procurement in favour of large multinationals</a>.</p> <p>“A proper digital sovereignty strategy would change that: backing UK innovation, reducing the UK’s dependencies, and ensuring the UK is a world leader in the technologies that will define the next decade,” she added.</p> <p>The Open Rights Group (ORG), a campaign group for digital rights and privacy, which supports the amendment, said the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366641487/UK-reliance-on-US-big-tech-companies-is-national-security-risk-claims-report">UK’s reliance on US big tech companies</a> posed both a national security and an economic risk.</p> <p>Jim Killock, executive director of the ORG, said that “by voting on this amendment, MPs can take the first step to secure the UK’s resilience and control over its digital infrastructure”.</p> <p>Richard Starnes, a chief information security officer and author of a <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/ehandbook/An-evaluation-of-the-UKs-cyber-security-and-privacy-legislative-framework">study on the UK’s cyber security and privacy legislative framework</a>, said the amendment raises valid national security concerns.&nbsp;But he said it also conflates foreign interference risks and economic protectionism.</p> <p>“The enormous risks facing UK critical infrastructure, vendor lock-in and the UK’s current economic climate warrant a more strategic, open-minded approach,” he said.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about the UK Cyber Security and Resilience Bill</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643176/MPs-propose-kill-switch-to-shut-down-rogue-AI-systems">MPs propose ‘kill switch’ to shut down rogue AI systems</a>: An amendment to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill proposes giving the government a ‘kill switch’ to close datacentres hosting AI if they pose a critical threat to UK infrastructure or national security.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/When-IT-Meets-Politics/What-is-the-objective-of-the-Cyber-Security-and-Resilience-Bill">What is the objective of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill?</a> Is it to change corporate behaviour and improve cyber security and resilience? Or is it to create jobs for compliance officers and consultants?</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366621764/Top-1000-IT-service-providers-in-scope-of-UK-cyber-bill">Top 1,000 IT service providers in scope of UK cyber bill</a>: The government’s proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is set to include regulatory provisions covering datacentre operators and larger IT service providers.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366625838/Cyber-Bill-at-risk-of-becoming-a-missed-opportunity-say-MPs">Cyber Bill at risk of becoming a missed opportunity, say MPs</a>: An APPG report warns that the government’s&nbsp;flagship cyber security legislation&nbsp;is too narrow in its scope and risks missing opportunities to embed resilience at the heart of the British economy.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366628013/UK-government-to-bring-in-ransomware-payment-ban">UK government to bring in&nbsp;ransomware payment ban</a>: Critical infrastructure operators, hospitals, local councils and schools will be among those banned from giving in to cyber criminal demands as the UK moves forward with proposals to address the scourge of ransomware.&nbsp;</li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> Amendment to the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill calls for the government to publish a ‘digital sovereignty strategy’ to promote domestic technology https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/HeroImages/London-Westminster-Parliament-Big-Ben-Getty-RF.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644347/MPs-call-for-UK-government-to-back-sovereign-IT Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:24:00 GMT <p>Almost a third (30%) of English hospital trusts using Palantir’s Federated Data Platform (FDP) are carrying out fewer patient operations than before they started using it, according to data obtained from the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/resources/Healthcare-and-NHS-IT">NHS</a>&nbsp;by campaigning group Foxglove.</p> <p>The findings, revealed via freedom of information (FOI) requests, challenge claims by the UK government and <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Inside-FDP-part-1-Understanding-the-problems-facing-NHS-data">Palantir that FDP</a> is increasing overall surgical procedures across hospitals, said Foxglove.&nbsp;</p> <p>The NHS data indicates that 41 trusts are currently utilising Inpatient CCS, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643883/SIT-Committee-urges-Palantir-exit-in-push-to-end-US-cloud-grip">Palantir</a>’s FDP module, which is designed to assist hospitals in managing patient operation scheduling. Of these, 13 trusts – approximately 30% – reported a decrease in the total number of operations performed compared with the period before they adopted the FDP tool.</p> <p>Collectively, said Foxglove, these 13 trusts recorded 9,073 fewer operations after implementing Inpatient CCS, when compared with the equivalent timeframe before its adoption. This marks the first public release of data detailing whether individual trusts using FDP have experienced an increase or decrease in surgical volumes.</p> <p>According to Foxglove, <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640642/More-tech-funding-is-coming-promises-NHS-Englands-chief-clinical-information-officer">NHS England</a> had previously only published the cumulative total of additional operations across all trusts using FDP. Foxglove argues this approach was potentially misleading as it obscured instances where performance had declined at a significant number of trusts that had adopted the technology.</p> <p>Foxglove head of strategy Tim Squirrell said: “Foxglove’s investigation has shown that the flagship claim made by NHS England and Palantir about the benefits to hospitals of the Federated Data Platform needs a serious health warning.</p> <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> The big claim that the FDP is delivering more operations for hospitals across the NHS is covering up a much less positive reality – a third of the trusts using FDP’s operations scheduling tool, Inpatient CCS, are actually delivering fewer operations than before they started using Palantir’s kit </figure> <figcaption> <strong>Tim Squirrell, Foxglove</strong> </figcaption> <i class="icon" data-icon="z"></i> </div> </blockquote> <p>“We now know that the big claim the FDP is delivering more operations for hospitals across the NHS is covering up a much less positive reality – a third of the trusts using FDP’s operations scheduling tool, Inpatient CCS, are actually delivering fewer operations than before they started using Palantir’s kit.”</p> <p>The campaigning group has argued that attributing performance improvements to FDP without providing the underlying data prevents effective public and parliamentary scrutiny of the platform. It also says NHS England has not published comparative data for trusts that are not using Palantir’s tools, which makes it difficult to isolate the impact of FDP.</p> <p>“Palantir can’t have it both ways. If it expects us to believe that FDP is responsible for improvements in some hospitals, it must also accept that things are getting worse as a result of its tools in others,” Squirrell added. “To date, ministers and Palantir have failed to provide the information we all need to decide whether the FDP is really helping or not. We shouldn’t have to go through a series of time-consuming FOI requests to access the crucial information that allows us to work out if this tool is truly delivering for the NHS or not.”</p> <p>Questions regarding the value for money of Palantir’s services have also been raised in other government departments. Civil servants recently opted to bring a multimillion-pound Palantir contract for housing Ukrainian refugees in-house.</p> <p>The Palantir contract for the NHS is valued at more than £300m. “Ministers may want to consider whether NHS patients across England will agree that this ropey evidence is enough to justify giving this US tech giant another massive contract in one of our most important public services,” Squirrell said.</p> <p>However, Tom Bartlett, former deputy director of data engineering at NHS England, who led the 150-person team that built the FDP, argued that focusing solely on specific nationally commissioned products might miss the broader strategic intent of the FDP.</p> <p>“The FT and Foxglove are right that the benefits are concentrated in a handful of trusts. NHS England is right that the platform is delivering results where it is properly adopted. The benefits <a href="https://www.bartlettdata.co.uk/post/culture-of-silence-fdp-evidence-parliament">need to be measured properly</a> if we are to understand how well the nationally developed products are working, and although NHSE have commissioned this, we won’t see the results for years,” Bartlett stated.</p> <p>Bartlett emphasised that the primary use cases for the FDP are expected to be generated by clinicians developing solutions locally. He highlighted significant, often overlooked, data risks within the NHS.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Across the NHS, boards are running enormous risks they seem unaware of. Walk into any ward, theatre or clinical team base, and you will see whiteboards and spreadsheets containing patient information, in full view of anyone who visits and liable to being accidentally deleted, not connected to any other hospital system. No one is even asking the question about this monumental risk – just look at any Trust Board Assurance Framework or Corporate Risk Register, and you will not find it.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about digital transformation in the NHS</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640417/Health-workers-call-for-Palantir-to-be-booted-from-NHS-contracts">Health workers call for Palantir to be booted from NHS contracts</a>: Health justice charity Medact warns that Palantir’s involvement in NHS data systems is a threat to patients and healthcare organisations.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Inside-FDP-part-1-Understanding-the-problems-facing-NHS-data">Inside FDP – understanding the problems facing NHS data</a>: In the first of an exclusive series of articles by the former deputy director of data engineering at NHS England, we examine the real story behind the NHS's controversial Palantir software project, the Federated Data Platform</li> </ul> </div> </div> Around 30% of English hospitals that use Palantir’s FDP tools for scheduling are carrying out fewer procedures than before adoption, according to data from campaign group Foxglove https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/healthcare-medical-icons-network-adobe.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644346/NHS-trusts-operating-on-fewer-patients-with-Palantir-FDP-warns-Foxglove Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:58:00 GMT <p>Pennymac Financial Services has chosen Amazon Web Services (AWS) generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools as part of its plan to “change how mortgages are made”.</p> <p>The US mortgage lender is expanding its current deal with AWS to include the tech giant’s GenAI offerings.</p> <p>The arrangement has seen Pennymac develop a natural language virtual assistant using the Amazon Nova Sonic foundation model, which, according to AWS, combines speech understanding and generation to create more human-like voice conversations.</p> <p>The new agreement with AWS will also see the modernisation of Pennymac’s proprietary mortgage servicing platform, known as Plaisse, through the cloud.</p> <p>Jim Follette, chief digital officer at Pennymac, said the company is changing “how mortgages are made”.</p> <p>He added: “Our AI-driven virtual assistant and the continued modernisation of Plaisse are the next stage of a deliberate, long-term strategy to deliver a superior, seamless journey for our borrowers.”</p> <p>The mortgage firm said it is “replacing fragmented legacy processes with an immediate, conversational borrowing experience”.</p> <p>The natural language virtual assistant is capable of real-time voice interactions for phone calls. It engages users to identify new loan opportunities, deliver online application links and schedule priority callbacks around the clock. Human loan officers retain ultimate decision-making authority.</p> <p>Separately, in Europe, Dutch bank ING is <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644173/ING-increases-use-of-AI-in-mortgage-application-process">removing laborious manual processing for mortgage applications</a> through its latest AI agent.</p> <p>The bank is extending its use after successfully piloting AI for mortgages, saying it will be able to make faster mortgage decisions as AI takes over the gathering and checking of documents and movement of cases between different systems.</p> <p>The AI agent looks over applications to understand them, explain possible outcomes and identify ways to move forward. A human employee will then make final assessments and decisions. The AI agent for mortgage processing was piloted in March this year, and the bank is now prepared to roll it out to the live environment.</p> <p>In <a href="https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/news-and-insight/blog/breaking-mortgage-bottleneck-how-ai-transforming-uk-lending">a blog post</a>, banking trade association UK Finance said: “Digital natives are entering the housing market with expectations shaped by instant everything: real-time notifications, same-day deliveries and seamless online transactions. When they encounter traditional mortgage processes, the contrast feels stark.”</p> <p>It added: “The opportunity lies in technology that preserves essential safeguards while delivering the speed and transparency modern customers expect. AI and automation aren’t about cutting corners; they’re about doing the same thorough job more efficiently.”</p> <p>A recent survey by Zopa and Juniper Research found that GenAI will save 187 million labour hours, mainly in back-office roles, and that 27,000 jobs could be displaced by 2030.&nbsp;</p> <p>For example, Commerzbank recently announced plans to cut 3,000 jobs – around 8% of its workforce – as it increases its AI investment, set at €600m over the next four years. The bank expects the AI investment to generate €500m in additional value each year from 2030 onwards.</p> <p>Banks are gaining huge benefits from AI today, with Lloyds Banking Group’s&nbsp;<i>Financial institutions sentiment survey for 2025</i>&nbsp;finding that&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366630147/Number-of-UK-banks-reporting-AI-driven-productivity-improvements-doubles">59% of surveyed firms reported AI-driven productivity gains</a>&nbsp;in the past 12 months, compared with 32% in the 2024 survey.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about mortgage lending tech</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li>ING Bank is using artificial intelligence to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644173/ING-increases-use-of-AI-in-mortgage-application-process">speed up mortgage applications</a> as the company introduces the technology across its business.</li> <li>UK regulator is to encourage <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366636329/Finance-regulator-wants-mortgage-brokers-to-use-artificial-intelligence">mortgage brokers to use artificial intelligence</a> and other technology.</li> <li>Century-old mutual society is using artificial intelligence to <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642574/Vernon-Building-Society-uses-AI-to-amplify-human-touch">bring mortgage processing onto a single platform</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </div> Pennymac Financial Services is using generative artificial intelligence tools from Amazon Web Services to bring borrowing up to date https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/German/article/chatbot-2-fotolia.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644499/US-mortgage-provider-moves-beyond-superficial-AI-integrations Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:40:00 GMT <p>Freshworks CIO Ashwin Ballal hasn’t taken the typical digital leadership journey. Having completed a PhD in material science and engineering, he started in business-focused operations, working in marketing, engineering, product and operations. His shift into IT came much later, almost to the extent that he could be seen as an accidental CIO.</p> <p>“My career wasn’t planned that way, let’s put it like that,” he says, referring to his move into <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/The-digital-leaders-playbook-A-guide-for-IT-chiefs-by-Paul-Coby">digital leadership</a> in 2009.&nbsp;“But then, I’ve always been a curious person. Your career progression takes different turns. And if you’re really serious about your career, you’ve got to try new things.”</p> <p>Having worked in marketing for US companies, Ballal joined semiconductor manufacturer KLA in 2000, where he led engineering and data analytics teams before moving to Chennai to run the company’s India operations. When he returned to the US with KLA in 2009, the chief executive offered him the opportunity to assume his first CIO role.</p> <p>“I looked at him and said, ‘What wrong did I do to deserve that?’– because if you come from the business, you often have a poor opinion of IT,” says Ballal. “But I took the CIO job, the highest job you can get in technology, and after six months, I went back to the CEO and said, ‘This is the best job I’ve ever had’.”</p> <p>Ballal says the key to success was his cross-business experience. “More often than not, the CIO gets the short end of the stick because they don’t relate to their peers in the business,” he says.</p> <p>“My cross-organisation knowledge meant I could go in and say, ‘I know your area of the business as well as you’. And at that point, I was able to push their business transformation using technology.”</p> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Leading transformation"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Leading transformation</h2> <p>After seven years as CIO with KLA, Ballal became the first-ever CIO at software development specialist Medallia in 2016. Then, in April 2024, he moved into his current role as CIO at technology giant Freshworks.</p> <p>“I’ve been an outward-facing person because I used to sell, and then just running operations was boring for me,” he says.&nbsp;“When I was approached about the role, I said to myself, ‘Here’s an opportunity to use the entire gamut of my experiences. I ran product, engineering, sales and marketing, and now there’s a chance to become customer zero at Freshworks’.”</p> <p>In addition to helping ensure the company’s products are well received internally before being sold to customers, Ballal drives the company’s technology roadmap, working closely with sales and marketing teams.</p> <blockquote> <div class="imagecaption alignLeft"> <img src="https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/rms/computerweekly/Ashwin-Ballal-Freshworks-PR-140x180px.jpg" alt="Photo of Freshworks CIO Ashwin Ballal"> </div> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="color: #34495e;">“[With AI], we’re moving into abundance. Previously, an organisation was constrained by its resources. You could only focus on a few ideas. Now, if we don’t constrain the resources, we can consider copious ideas. That’s what I imagine the world to be like in the future”</span></strong></span></p> <p><em><span style="color: #34495e;">Ashwin Ballal, Freshworks</span></em></p> </blockquote> <p>“I couldn’t ask for a better role, where I can use my experience to be looked at very differently across the business than any other CIO,” he says.</p> <p>Computer Weekly chats with Ballal behind the scenes at the <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Freshworks-Refresh-2026-pivot-to-AI-driven-employee-experience">Freshworks Refresh 2026 event</a> in New York City, where he joined his executive peers on stage to present the company’s new products to customers. Looking back on his career and his first two years with Freshworks, he says one of his biggest achievements is leading change.</p> <p>“I’ve always been ahead at the inflection points, whether it’s the transformation from datacentre to cloud, cloud to mobile, or mobile to SaaS [software as a service],” he says.&nbsp;“I’ve been at the forefront of every inflection point, and now I’m at another one – AI. And the beauty of this point is that I know AI. At KLA, we used AI 25 years ago.”</p> <p>Ballal says the one crucial thing that’s changed between then and now is that the compute and the infrastructure CIOs have today are much more powerful. That combination of technologies means businesses can now use generative and agentic artificial intelligence (AI) to run innovative initiatives.</p> <p>“We are at the cusp of AI-enabled change,” he says.</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Deploying resources"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Deploying resources</h2> <p>Ballal says his priorities for the next two years are twofold – helping Freshworks to develop great technologies and allowing its people to make the most of AI.</p> <p>“I’m still going to be customer zero driving the transformation required for our customers,” he says. “I’m also going to be an advocate of transforming the way we do business using AI inside the enterprise. I don’t think it’s fair to assume that every employee, just because I give them access to Claude Cowork, for example, will magically transform their role.”</p> <p>However, while Ballal recognises that adoption of AI must be accompanied by a significant cultural change programme so the right people gain access to the right tools at the right time, he also sees the potential for AI to help drive lasting operational change. In his own function, he envisions all IT professionals becoming what he calls forward-deployed engineers.</p> <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> We are at the cusp of AI-enabled change </figure> <figcaption> <strong>Ashwin Ballal, Freshworks</strong> </figcaption> <i class="icon" data-icon="z"></i> </div> </blockquote> <p>“They would have the technical chops to be able to work with every functional area to transform the business,” he says.&nbsp;“What I envision is a radically different organisation moving forward. The silos in which people have traditionally been deployed, such as infrastructure, apps, or the data layer, will dissolve. Everyone’s going to be even. All of us are going to work with our business partners to transform the enterprise.”</p> <p>To some extent, this AI-enabled workplace transition is already underway at Freshworks. Before the event in New York, the company announced it would lay off roughly 500 employees, or about 11% of its staff. Freshworks CEO Dennis Woodside stated in the <a href="https://ir.freshworks.com/news/news-details/2026/Freshworks-Reports-First-Quarter-2026-Results/default.aspx">company’s earnings call</a> that over 50% of its code is now written by AI, reducing the need for traditional manual coding and allowing Freshworks to streamline operations.</p> <p>Ballal says the key message is that jobs transform. From the industrial age to the AI era, new roles and responsibilities emerge as technology evolves.</p> <p>“We’re moving into what we call abundance,” he says. “Previously, an organisation was constrained by its resources. You could only focus on a few ideas. Now, if we don’t constrain the resources, we can consider copious ideas. That’s what I imagine the world to be like in the future.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Boosting productivity"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Boosting productivity</h2> <p>So, what will this focus on fresh ideas mean for Freshworks? Ballal says there will be a focus on innovation, and he paints a picture of what his IT professionals will deliver for the business and externally for customers two years from now.</p> <p>“We would have 10 times more products than we have today,” he says. “When you have the resources, you can try new ideas, and therefore, I think the output is going to be 10 times [more] – and 10 times is potentially a low number. Also, that reality is not just true for Freshworks. I think that innovation is open to everyone out there.”</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more interviews with tech supplier IT leaders</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643836/Interview-Clare-Hickie-EMEA-CTO-Workday">Clare Hickie, EMEA CTO, Workday</a>: The IT chief went from implementing Workday software at one of the firm’s largest customers to leading technology at the supplier – she discusses what she learned.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366639330/Interview-Nick-Pearson-CIO-Ricoh-Europe">Nick Pearson, CIO, Ricoh Europe</a>: Working for a company undergoing a major pivot in its business model means variety and opportunity for the supplier’s tech chief.</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366635509/Interview-Art-Hu-global-CIO-Lenovo">Art Hu, global CIO, Lenovo</a>: The IT chief at the PC, servers and storage supplier is using his experience of rolling out tech internally to boost the growing services ambitions of the Chinese tech giant.</li> </ul> </div> </div> <p>Ballal says the key point to understand is that, while AI cannot replace human creativity, the technology can support new ways of thinking and working. Rather than being restricted in their outlook, all professionals have the opportunity to embrace multiple ideas.</p> <p>“We’ve previously been constrained,” he says. “Even if you gave someone an idea, they didn’t have the resources to implement it. Now, AI means they have the tools, and they don’t need an army of people to implement the idea. Each one of us can go and build businesses ourselves. That’s a phenomenal change that I see coming in the future.”</p> <p>At the event in New York, Ballal and his colleagues explained how Freshworks believes its generative and agentic tools will differentiate it from competitors. The aim is to create an agile, open platform for connecting assets and incidents, with the company’s <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Data-Matters/The-importance-of-simplifying-IT-enterprise-capability-without-the-complexity">Freddy AI technology</a> at the heart of an agentic approach to customer support. While the potential of AI is significant, Ballal says it’s important to temper expectations.</p> <p>“Agents can help you do the more routine stuff. But they can’t necessarily transform your end-to-end work process. I don’t think that’s the right expectation. Can someone become 50% more productive by using AI? The answer is yes. They can then use 50% of their time to focus and say to others, ‘I’ve got some new ideas’,” he says.</p> <p>“Why do we constrain our thinking to believe that ideas should only come from a select few? That happens today because many of us are constrained by our day-to-day operational roles. We often have no time to think. AI will give you copious time to think. You’ll be able to exercise the human muscle and say, ‘I want to use my intellect to get new ideas and new business’.”</p> </section> <section class="section main-article-chapter" data-menu-title="Embracing change"> <h2 class="section-title"><i class="icon" data-icon="1"></i>Embracing change</h2> <p>Ballal reflects on his digital leadership career and says two key lessons stand out. “You’ve got to be curious, and you’ve got to be vulnerable,” he says. “And if you can put those two things together, you’ll be successful. If I look back at my career, I think those are the two things that I’ve done quite well.”</p> <blockquote class="main-article-pullquote"> <div class="main-article-pullquote-inner"> <figure> You’ve got to be curious, and you’ve got to be vulnerable. If you can put those two things together, you’ll be successful </figure> <figcaption> <strong>Ashwin Ballal, Freshworks</strong> </figcaption> <i class="icon" data-icon="z"></i> </div> </blockquote> <p>He believes his broad geographical experience has also helped to shape his leadership style. Having grown up in India, Ballal moved to the US in his early twenties, spent time in Tokyo, and returned to India to run operations at KLA.</p> <p>“Those are the kinds of risks you have to take to become a successful professional. I came to the US from India when I was 21, knowing nobody. I grew up in India, went to school in Maryland, and my first job was in sales and marketing out of Madison, Wisconsin, the coldest place I could be,” he says.</p> <p>“If you look at IT, success is about being willing to be curious and accepting the learning process that comes with that curiosity. Change continues. AI is supercharging all of us right now. If you’re really curious, you’ll try new things. And of course, as you try, you’ll fail. But if you don’t try, you’ll already know the answer.”</p> </section> After a career in marketing, engineering, product and operations, a CIO role seemed unlikely for Ashwin Ballal – until he tried it https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/CIO-leadership-management-fotolia.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644378/Interview-Ashwin-Ballal-CIO-Freshworks Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:18:00 GMT <p>The Good Law Project and Open Rights Group have threatened the UK data regulator with legal action after accusing it of “brushing aside” thousands of data protection complaints from the public, a situation they claim will be made worse by its new approach to complaint handling.</p> <p>Under the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ICO has a legal duty to safeguard privacy by enforcing data protection laws and investigating complaints. But despite being “flooded” with nearly 40,000 complaints in 2025, <a href="https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/enforcement/?entype=monetary-penalties&amp;from=2025-01-01&amp;to=2025-12-31">the regulator ended up issuing only a handful of fines</a>.</p> <p>According to the GLP and ORG, this is part of a pattern: despite receiving more than 220,000 complaints over the past six years, the ICO has handed out an average of less than seven fines a year. They said this creates an environment where organisations can “ride roughshod” over data protection rules with almost no prospect of a sanction.</p> <p>The groups said matters will only be made worse by the ICO’s <a href="https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/data-protection-framework">new complaint handling framework</a>, which they claim will make it harder for most complaints to be taken seriously. Under that framework, published 5 February 2026, complaints are triaged based on <a href="https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/harm-in-complaints">the ICO’s assessment of how harmful</a> the alleged practice is, which the regulator said will help “focus our limited resources where we can make the biggest difference”.</p> <p>Outside the level of harm, the ICO will also take into consideration the impact on vulnerable individuals, the number of people “significantly” affected by the complaint, the relevance of the issue to <a href="https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/our-information/our-strategies-and-plans/ico25-strategic-plan/strategic-enduring-objectives/">the regulator’s strategic priorities</a>, and the general public interest in investigating the complaint.</p> <p>The framework is the result of <a href="https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2026/05/one-month-to-go-what-businesses-need-to-know-to-meet-new-data-law/">changes to UK data protection law</a> ushered in by the DUAA, which requires organisations to have a data protection complaints process&nbsp;in place by 19 June 2026.</p> <p>However, the GLP and ORG said that if the watchdog decides the impacts of a complaint are of either low or moderate harm, it automatically shelves them away “for information purposes only”, with no investigation or challenge to the companies responsible.</p> <p>They added if there are zero consequences for the majority of data protection law breaches, then UK GDPR essentially becomes an “optional extra” that leaves members of the public in a situation where they either have to let corporations trample over their privacy rights, or take the risk of an expensive fight with them in court.</p> <p>According to <a href="https://goodlawproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Killock-v-ICO-PAP_Redacted.pdf">pre-action correspondence from the GLP and ORG</a> – authored with the help of data protection lawyers from Mischon de Raya – the ICO’s complaint handling framework is “inconsistent” with the UK GDPR and the high level of protection for personal data it is designed to achieve.</p> <p>“As a result of the operation of the framework, it is envisaged that significant number of complaints are triaged and logged for information purposes but never investigated,” they wrote, adding while no actual figures were provided in the ICO’s impact assessment, it is expected that this number will be substantial.</p> <p>The correspondence further outlined how there is “a material difference between the triaging of complaints and their investigation”, which means certain elements of UK GDPR cannot be satisfied under the new framework; how the framework undermines the legislations complaints mechanisms; and how it will ultimately preclude the ICO from taking “corrective measures” against companies, which it must generally do so when there has been an infringement, save for “exceptional” cases. &nbsp;</p> <p>In response, the regulator told GLP and ORG that its preliminary screening and sorting process legally counts as an “investigation”, and maintained that it has “exclusive discretion” over how to deploy its resources.</p> <p>For Duncan McCann, Good Law Project’s tech and data lead, the ICO’s framework makes clear the regulator was “never interested in protecting our data rights”.</p> <p>“The ICO has finally said the quiet part out loud,” McCann said. “Unless you’re facing serious and ongoing harm, the regulator will just chuck your complaint in a digital bin. This puts each and every one of us at risk from unscrupulous companies who are cavalier with our data.”</p> <p>The GLP added that “shuffling a complaint into a digital filing cabinet is a bureaucratic box-ticking exercise, not a meaningful assessment of facts”, and committed to taking legal action if the ICO “carries on using this system as a shield to ignore valid complaints”.</p> <p>Computer Weekly contacted the ICO about the potential legal action from GLP and ORG, as well as claims made about its inactivity on complaints.</p> <p>“The volume of complaints we receive is at a record high. We must be strategic in how we handle them, focusing our finite resources on complaints where there is the greatest risk of harm and where our intervention can make the biggest impact,” said an ICO spokesperson.</p> <p>“We ran a consultation on our proposed new approach last year, giving both organisations and the public the opportunity to provide feedback and shape the final framework. We remain committed to delivering proportionate and timely responses for every customer, while driving data protection compliance and accountability from organisations.”</p> <p>The regulator was <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642365/UK-data-watchdog-accused-of-dragging-feet-on-eVisa-investigation">previously accused in April 2026 of dragging its feet</a> on a decision on whether to formally investigate the Home Office’ electronic visa (eVisa) system for data protection issues, with digital rights groups highlighting the “high volume” of data quality and integrity errors linked to the scheme that have&nbsp;<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366625359/UKs-error-prone-eVisa-system-is-anxiety-inducing">prevented people from being able to reliably prove their immigration status</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366625359/UKs-error-prone-eVisa-system-is-anxiety-inducing#:~:text=In%20the%20case,protection%20law.">In one case exclusively reported on by Computer Weekly</a>, the technical errors with data held by the Home Office were so severe that the regulator previously found there had been a breach of UK data protection law.</p> <p>Speaking with Computer Weekly, the person affected said that ongoing technical errors with the eVisa system meant his account continued to display an expired student visa, instead of his new spouse visa, and wrong passport information for almost half a year.</p> <p><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366643357/Home-Office-sitting-on-data-about-scale-of-eVisa-errors">Figures released during a judicial review</a> against the system – <a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640791/High-Court-dismisses-judicial-review-against-eVisa-system">which was ultimately dismissed</a> – show that between April and October 2025, 116,011 eVisa enquiries were submitted by members of the public to the Home Office, 81,461 (70.2%) of which related to errors that subsequently had to be addressed.</p> <div class="extra-info"> <div class="extra-info-inner"> <h3 class="splash-heading">Read more about data protection</h3> <ul class="default-list"> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644121/ICO-strips-commissioner-Edwards-of-responsibilities-in-HR-inquiry">ICO strips commissioner Edwards of responsibilities in HR inquiry</a>: The UK’s information commissioner John Edwards has been temporarily stripped of his responsibilities in the wake of a workplace investigation</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616135/ORG-urges-ICO-to-revise-public-sector-enforcement-approach">ORG urges ICO to revise public sector enforcement approach</a>: The Open Rights Group is urging the Information Commissioner’s Office to revise its light touch approach to public sector data protection issues, arguing that its experimental policy of limiting its enforcement actions to reprimands and notices, rather issuing fines, is allowing bad practices to continue largely unabated</li> <li><a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366632040/Microsoft-hides-key-data-flow-information-in-plain-sight">Microsoft hides key data flow information in plain sight</a>: Microsoft’s own documentation confirms that data hosted in its hyperscale cloud architecture routinely traverses the globe, but the tech giant is actively obfuscating this vital information from its UK law enforcement customers</li> </ul> </div> </div> The UK data regulator is being threatened with legal action after it was accused of ‘ignoring’ thousands of data protection complaints, with critics describing its new approach to complaint triage and investigation as akin to a ‘digital bin’ for the public’s concerns https://cdn.ttgtmedia.com/visuals/ComputerWeekly/Hero%20Images/ICO-information-commissioner-data-regulation-mehaniq41-Editorial-Use-Only-hero.jpg https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366644403/UK-data-regulator-slammed-over-lack-of-action-on-complaints Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:32:00 GMT 60 editor@computerweekly.com