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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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Post Office bill on the way – but is it enough? |
Rishi Sunak and his ministers have finally set out their plan to "solve" the Horizon IT scandal. The PM used PMQs to reveal that the government would bring in an emergency bill within weeks aimed at offering mass exoneration to all 700 or so Post Office branch managers affected. No 10 said it should mean they will have their convictions overturned by the end of the year. Is it enough? Will is drawn a line under the huge commotion raised by the ITV drama? Probably not. The government has not set out very much detail on how it will work. Victims have said the £75,000 extra upfront payments announced today are not enough. And the questions about why billions of pounds worth of government contracts have been given to Fujitsu – the IT giant at the centre of the storm – are only just beginning. |
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Which Tory politician fed British beef to his daughter at a press event to prove it was safe from BSE? |
Answer at the bottom of today's email |
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| The government has set out plans for a law to exonerate subpostmasters, to be introduced within weeks. |
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| Labour has denied that Sir Keir was attempting dog-whistle racism with his attack at PMQs. |
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| PM must 'fix this bill', warns hardliner Robert Jenrick – as 30 MPs back his amendments. |
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Articles driving the biggest conversations |
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What else do you need to know today? |
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● The Independent's Sean O'Grady looks at whether this could finally be a breakthrough election for the Green Party. ● The Independent's John Rentoul examines whether David Cameron has figured out whether Israel has broken the law. ● The Spectator's Isabel Hardman on why Starmer chose not to probe Sunak on the Post Office scandal. ● The Times' Danny Finkelstein says Ed Davey can make history – by resigning. |
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What to look out for tomorrow |
The Post Office scandal will continue to dominate the agenda. The Horizon public inquiry hearings will start up again, with the first session since the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office sparked intense interest in the miscarriage of justice. This is the third and final year of the inquiry, with its conclusion expected by the summer. |
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"He just doesn't get it, he doesn't get what a cost of living crisis feels like … Doesn't the country deserve so much better than a prime minister who simply doesn't get Britain?" Keir Starmer at PMQs |
Quiz answer: John Gummer (Lord Debden) |
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