The Post Office Scandal
Paula Vennells told government that subpostmasters ‘had fingers in the till’
![MSPs back emergency law to exonerate wrongfully convicted Scottish subpostmasters](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17643620.jpg)
![MSPs back emergency law to exonerate wrongfully convicted Scottish subpostmasters](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17643620.jpg)
![Former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells testified at the Post Office inquiry this week](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18123820.jpg)
![Former Post Office chief executive Paula Vennells testified at the Post Office inquiry this week](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18123820.jpg)
ANDREW TICKELL
![The Bill was scrutinised by MSPs on Thursday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16006021.jpg)
![The Bill was scrutinised by MSPs on Thursday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16006021.jpg)
![Paula Vennells broke down in tears mid-evidence as she apologised for telling MPs the Post Office was successful in every court case against subpostmasters.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18110860.jpg)
![Paula Vennells broke down in tears mid-evidence as she apologised for telling MPs the Post Office was successful in every court case against subpostmasters.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18110860.jpg)
![Scottish Government bring in 'emergency' law to exonerate subpostmasters](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17643620.jpg)
![Scottish Government bring in 'emergency' law to exonerate subpostmasters](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17643620.jpg)
![A Post Office van parked outside the venue for the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry at Aldwych House on January 11, 2024 in London](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17643620.jpg)
![A Post Office van parked outside the venue for the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry at Aldwych House on January 11, 2024 in London](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17643620.jpg)
ANDREW TICKELL
![Devolution row as SNP attempt to force UK Government to amend Post Office pardon law](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17627818.jpg)
![Devolution row as SNP attempt to force UK Government to amend Post Office pardon law](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17627818.jpg)
![Will Kate Forbes make a renewed bid for the SNP leadership?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18014330.jpg)
![Will Kate Forbes make a renewed bid for the SNP leadership?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18014330.jpg)
![Angela van den Bogerd appeared at the the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18009683.jpg)
![Angela van den Bogerd appeared at the the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18009683.jpg)
![Angela van den Bogerd appeared at the the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18009683.jpg)
![Angela van den Bogerd appeared at the the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18009683.jpg)
![Justice Secretary Angela Constance has been pressing on the matter](/resources/images/128x89/1x/18002969.jpg)
![Justice Secretary Angela Constance has been pressing on the matter](/resources/images/180x180/1x/18002969.jpg)
![There is talk of discord within Police Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/14167535.jpg)
![There is talk of discord within Police Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/14167535.jpg)
![Scottish Government will need own legal fix for wrongfully convicted postmasters](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17627818.jpg)
![Scottish Government will need own legal fix for wrongfully convicted postmasters](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17627818.jpg)
![Are phone masts targeted where they are really needed?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17971655.jpg)
![Are phone masts targeted where they are really needed?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17971655.jpg)
![More than 700 Post Office branch managers around the UK were prosecuted (Yui Mok/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17627818.jpg)
![More than 700 Post Office branch managers around the UK were prosecuted (Yui Mok/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17627818.jpg)
![Justice Secretary Angela Constance said the Scottish Government will work as quickly as possible](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17852343.jpg)
![Justice Secretary Angela Constance said the Scottish Government will work as quickly as possible](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17852343.jpg)
![Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has announced that she will hand back her CBE (Yui Mok/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17627818.jpg)
![Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has announced that she will hand back her CBE (Yui Mok/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17627818.jpg)
![Horizon IT scandal: UK Government exoneration law will not apply in Scotland](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17627818.jpg)
![Horizon IT scandal: UK Government exoneration law will not apply in Scotland](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17627818.jpg)
Updated
![Sunak urged to help 'hidden victims' of Post Office scandal as Scot speaks out](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17040094.jpg)
![Sunak urged to help 'hidden victims' of Post Office scandal as Scot speaks out](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17040094.jpg)
Exclusive
![Former subpostmistress has wrongful conviction for embezzlement quashed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16134627.jpg)
![Former subpostmistress has wrongful conviction for embezzlement quashed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16134627.jpg)
![Former Post Office Investigator Raymond Grant after giving evidence to phase four of the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry yesterday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17679434.jpg)
![Former Post Office Investigator Raymond Grant after giving evidence to phase four of the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry yesterday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17679434.jpg)
![Scots Post Office scandal victims still 'no clearer' on how they will get justice](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16994131.jpg)
![Scots Post Office scandal victims still 'no clearer' on how they will get justice](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16994131.jpg)
![Israeli rescue workers carry a body from a synagogue in Jerusalem after a 2014 attack in which two Palestinians armed with knives, axes and guns had killed four worshippers](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17671669.jpg)
![Israeli rescue workers carry a body from a synagogue in Jerusalem after a 2014 attack in which two Palestinians armed with knives, axes and guns had killed four worshippers](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17671669.jpg)
![The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC (right), with Solicitor General Ruth Charteris, arrives in the main chamber to deliver a statement on the Post Office Horizon IT scandal at the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17666332.jpg)
![The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC (right), with Solicitor General Ruth Charteris, arrives in the main chamber to deliver a statement on the Post Office Horizon IT scandal at the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17666332.jpg)
ANDREW TICKELL
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17400537.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17400537.jpg)
Updated
![Eylon Keshet, 30, holding a photo of his cousin's children who were taken hostage alongside their parents on October 7 during a pro-Israel rally in Trafalgar Square, London last Sunday.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17657206.jpg)
![Eylon Keshet, 30, holding a photo of his cousin's children who were taken hostage alongside their parents on October 7 during a pro-Israel rally in Trafalgar Square, London last Sunday.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17657206.jpg)
![Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC addresses MSPs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17652887.jpg)
![Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC addresses MSPs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17652887.jpg)
![Will Nicola Sturgeon's regime prove to have been peak SNP, with the party and its independence dream doomed?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/9830537.jpg)
![Will Nicola Sturgeon's regime prove to have been peak SNP, with the party and its independence dream doomed?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/9830537.jpg)
![A Ministry of Defence picture of HMS Diamond, which has been taking part in Red Sea operations](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17640983.jpg)
![A Ministry of Defence picture of HMS Diamond, which has been taking part in Red Sea operations](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17640983.jpg)
![Public anger is mounting over the Post Office IT scandal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17629374.jpg)
![Public anger is mounting over the Post Office IT scandal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17629374.jpg)
![A protest by members of the Women Against State Pension Injustice movement](/resources/images/128x89/1x/7250604.jpg)
![A protest by members of the Women Against State Pension Injustice movement](/resources/images/180x180/1x/7250604.jpg)
![Sunak announces new law to exonerate Post Office scandal victims in England and Wales](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17630860.jpg)
![Sunak announces new law to exonerate Post Office scandal victims in England and Wales](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17630860.jpg)
![Hundreds of postmasters are waiting to have their convictions quashed](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17546052.jpg)
![Hundreds of postmasters are waiting to have their convictions quashed](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17546052.jpg)
![Justice Secretary Alex Chalk is in talks with members of the judiciary about the Horizon scandal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17625661.jpg)
![Justice Secretary Alex Chalk is in talks with members of the judiciary about the Horizon scandal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17625661.jpg)
![Former miners outside the Scottish Parliament as the Scottish Government responded to recommendations made by the Independent Review of the Policing of the 1984/85 Miners' Strike. The miners were pardoned in 2022.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11967804.jpg)
![Former miners outside the Scottish Parliament as the Scottish Government responded to recommendations made by the Independent Review of the Policing of the 1984/85 Miners' Strike. The miners were pardoned in 2022.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11967804.jpg)
![Scottish Government considers 'pardon scheme' for wrongly convicted subpostmasters](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17627601.jpg)
![Scottish Government considers 'pardon scheme' for wrongly convicted subpostmasters](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17627601.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17189224.jpg)
![First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17189224.jpg)
![The ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office has highlighted the Horizen IT scandal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17620808.jpg)
![The ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office has highlighted the Horizen IT scandal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17620808.jpg)
![A new drama told the story of the Post Office scandal](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17619530.jpg)
![A new drama told the story of the Post Office scandal](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17619530.jpg)
ANDREW TICKELL
![The Grenfell Inquiry report will not now be published until next year](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16737781.jpg)
![The Grenfell Inquiry report will not now be published until next year](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16737781.jpg)
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