Post Office Agrees Fresh Extension To Scandal-hit Fujitsu Horizon Deal - Beritaja

The Post Office has agreed a further hold to its scandal-hit package woody pinch the Japanese institution Fujitsu arsenic it land a move to a rival supplier successful the adjacent mates of years.

Beritaja has learnt that the Post Office, which is owned by the government, is to salary different £41m to Fujitsu for the usage of the Horizon strategy from adjacent April until 31 March 2027.

The move comes arsenic Post Office bosses hole to sever the company's business pinch Fujitsu, which is nether unit to salary hundreds of millions of pounds for its portion successful the scandal.

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Hundreds of sub-postmasters were wrongfully imprisoned for fraud and theft because of flaws pinch Fujitsu's software, which it subsequently emerged were suspected by executives progressive successful its management.

Last week, Beritaja revealed that Sir Alan Bates, who led efforts to activity justness for the victims of what has been dubbed Britain's biggest miscarriage of justice, had settled his multimillion lb compensation declare pinch the government.

Sir Alan received a seven-figure sum which 1 root said whitethorn person amounted to betwixt £4m and £5m.

In a connection issued successful consequence to an enquiry from Beritaja, a Post Office spokesperson said: "The Post Office has agreed pinch Fujitsu a one-year bridging hold to the Horizon statement for the play 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027.

"We are committed to moving distant from Fujitsu and disconnected the Horizon system as soon arsenic possible.

"We are bringing successful a different supplier to return complete Horizon whilst a caller strategy is developed, and this process is good underway.

"We expect to grant a statement for a caller supplier to negociate Horizon by July 2026, according to existent timelines."

Fujitsu executives person acknowledged that the institution has a "moral obligation" to lend financially arsenic a consequence of the Horizon scandal, but has yet to work together a last fig pinch the government.

It is said to beryllium improbable to do truthful until the conclusion of Sir Wyn Williams' nationalist inquiry.

The Department for Business and Trade has been contacted for comment.