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Chief reporter at Computer Weekly. Wallsend to that London. Helped expose Post Office Horizon scandal

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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
BMA Calls for GP Pension Scheme to Be Brought In-House: Capita Has Neither the "Capacity" Nor "Ability" to Run It www.computerweekly.com/news/3666508...
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Capita lacks the ‘capacity and ability’ to run GP pension scheme, BMA tells MPs | Computer Weekly
The British Medical Association (BMA) has written to MP committees calling for the Capita run GP pension scheme to be brought in-house
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Met Police finally get full government funding for national Post Office investigation #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666511...
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Met Police finally get full funding for national Post Office investigation | Computer Weekly
The national police investigation into the Post Office scandal has now received the full funding it requires
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Computer Weekly is 60 years old today, (I have been here almost a third of that) please read personal essays written to celebrate the occasion CW@60 www.computerweekly.com/essentialgui...
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CW@60 - How technology has changed our lives over 60 years | Computer Weekly
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"Wilfully Blind": Post Office Expected Only "A Few Hundred" Horizon Claims. It publicly boasted about Horizon operating processing millions of transactions daily — yet claimed it "misunderstood" how many people would be affected by its errors. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666501...
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‘Wilfully blind’ Post Office thought just a few hundred affected by Horizon errors | Computer Weekly
Government department admits that the Post Office “misunderstood the scale of Horizon scandal.”
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Capita's CEO was slammed by a staff member after claiming the "right" things are in place to turn the botched Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) administration around www.computerweekly.com/news/3666480...
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Capita CEO receives scathing rebuttal from employee over botched contract | Computer Weekly
Capita CEO criticised after making Civil Service Pension scheme claims in a message to staff
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
MPs Demand Answers: How Is Fujitsu on £54bn Government Frameworks While Under Self-Imposed Ban? #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666467...
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MPs demand answers on Fujitsu’s inclusion in lucrative frameworks | Computer Weekly
Controversial supplier was included in major government procurement opportunities just last month.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Post Office Pushes Back Horizon Replacement Contract for 6th Time — Subpostmasters Say Fujitsu Has "Taken Its Foot Off the Pedal" #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666467...
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Subpostmasters anxious over Horizon replacement as it is delayed yet again | Computer Weekly
Mounting delays in signing the Post Office Horizon replacement contract are fuelling widespread anxiety and uncertainty across the subpostmaster network, raising operational concerns.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
"It Beggars Belief" — DWP "Drags Its Heels" Over Subpostmaster Prosecution Reviews for 17 Months The DWP has not yet appointed a reviewer of its prosecutions of subpostmasters or signed off terms of reference, almost 18 months after it was announced. #PostOfficescandal
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Something fishy? Post Office delays signing Horizon replacement contract again #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666460...
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Frustration as Post Office Horizon replacement contract signing delayed again | Computer Weekly
If signed off, cloud-based EPOS system will replace controversial Horizon software from Fujitsu.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Did Capita and the Cabinet Office take serous risks with civil servants' money? Latest pension scheme delay www.computerweekly.com/news/3666446...
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Cabinet Office states Capita set to miss Civil Service Pension Scheme deadline | Computer Weekly
Outsourcing firm’s botched takeover of civil service pension administration has seen scheme members experience financial hardship
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Horizon Compensation Advisory Board rejects Post Office Capture objections in latest letter #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666443...
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Post Office Capture appeal objections not 'right, just or fair' | Computer Weekly
Influential group tells Post Office that there is ‘clear case’ that Capture convictions are unsafe.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Capita launched civil service pension scheme site without ‘basic’ web security. Outsourcer went live with its troubled civil service pensions administration without a basic Domain Name System security feature www.computerweekly.com/news/3666438...
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Capita launched civil service pension scheme site without ‘basic’ web security | Computer Weekly
Outsourcer went live with its troubled civil service pensions administration without basic Domain Name System security.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
National Federation of Subpostmasters Hit by Ransomware Attack — Post Office Pauses Emails www.computerweekly.com/news/3666439...
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Subpostmaster federation hit by ransomware attack | Computer Weekly
National Federation of Subpostmasters suffered a ransomware attack in April after hackers exploited a bug in its web hosting provider’s software.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Fujitsu's Voluntary Redundancy Scheme Oversubscribed — 470 Staff Want Out #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666438...
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Fujitsu staff apply for voluntary redundancy in droves as morale plummets | Computer Weekly
Post Office IT scandal supplier’s voluntary exit scheme is oversubscribed as hundreds of Fujitsu staff want to make a break.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Capita Faces Group Legal Action in Scotland Over 2023 Data Breach — Thousands Could Claim Compensation www.computerweekly.com/news/3666438...
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Scottish residents granted permission for group action against Capita | Computer Weekly
The personal information of millions of people was stolen from capita systems in 2023 after major cyber attack
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Government happy to throw taxpayer money at Post Office legal defence but not so for police investigation into its wrongdoing #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666435...
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Sir Alan Bates questions UK government commitment to Post Office criminal investigation | Computer Weekly
The UK government needs to increase funding for police investigation of Post Office scandal crimes, or face a five-year delay.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Day of the hammock
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Post Office chair defends ‘inappropriate and harmful’ position on Capture appeals #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666431...
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Post Office chair defends ‘inappropriate and harmful’ position on Capture appeals | Computer Weekly
Post Office chairman defends its position on contesting subpostmaster appeals against Capture-based convictions.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Post Office Contesting Capture-Based Conviction Appeals — Despite Chairman Saying They Should All Be Overturned #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666428...
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Post Office to contest Capture conviction appeal despite chairman support for overturning en masse | Computer Weekly
Post Office to contest Capture conviction appeal despite its chairman agreeing all should be overturned.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Accenture is bidding for Lot 2 of the Post Office Horizon replacement tender — the contract to take over operation and support of the controversial Fujitsu system #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666429...
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Accenture joins IBM in battle for £323m Post Office Horizon deal | Computer Weekly
Services giant is bidding to take over existing Post Office Horizon operations alongside fellow IT giant IBM.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union is calling on members and supporters to demonstrate at Capita's Annual General Meeting on May 18, 2025 in Sheldon Square, London. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666430...
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Civil servants to protest at Capita general meeting amid pension crisis | Computer Weekly
Public and Commercial Services Union to hold a demonstration at outsourcing giant’s meeting in London
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Fujitsu pays UK staff bonuses again, but no sign of company's contribution to #PostOfficeScandal costs www.computerweekly.com/news/3666428...
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Fujitsu UK pays staff bonuses as it sits on Post Office scandal contribution | Computer Weekly
IT supplier Fujitsu will pay bonuses to UK staff again this year as it continues to hold back its contribution to the costs of Post Office scandal.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The Post Office had evidence that subpostmaster Janette Armour was reporting problems with its ECCO+ accounting system in the early 1990s — but ignored her www.computerweekly.com/news/3666426... #PostOfficeScandal
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Post Office acknowledges ECCO+ user’s calls for help three decades ago | Computer Weekly
A former subpostmaster repeatedly asked the Post Office for help when unexplained shortfalls occurred in her branch while using ECCO+ software, with evidence of her requests still in the organisation’...
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
PAC Calls on Government to Learn from Bank of England's Successful 9-Year IT Transformation www.computerweekly.com/news/3666424...
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MPs call on UK government to learn from central bank’s IT project success story | Computer Weekly
Members of a parliamentary committee want the wider government to learn from success of Bank of England project.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Two Parliamentary Committees Join Forces to Investigate Capita's Civil Service Pension Scheme Failures 🔍 The PAC and PACAC will hold a joint hearing on July 7, 2026 to scrutinize the problems with Capita's Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) takeover. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666425...
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MP committees to double up on Capita’s civil service pension crisis | Computer Weekly
Parliamentary committees to hold joint hearing to investigate the problems being experienced in Civil Service pension scheme.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The Court of Appeal has rejected the Post Office's request for an extension to respond to Steve Marston's appeal against his 1997 conviction — based on the faulty Capture accounting software. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666423...
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Court of Appeal rejects Post Office Capture case delay request | Computer Weekly
Three convictions based on the Capture system have reached the Court of Appeal, which has rejected the Post Office’s request to delay its response, advancing long-awaited justice for affected subpostm...
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
PCS Union Demands Capita Lose Civil Service Pension Contract After Royal Mail Termination 🔄https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366642312/Government-should-drop-Capita-from-civil-service-scheme-after-it-loses-Royal-Mail-role-says-union
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Government Terminates Capita's Royal Mail Pension Contract — Citing "Failure to Deliver Numerous Milestones" ❌ www.computerweekly.com/news/3666421...
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Government terminates Capita’s Royal Mail pension contract | Computer Weekly
Contract termination comes as Capita’s failings in a separate government pension scheme hit the headlines
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Post Office GLO Redress Scheme Closing — But "Platitudes" Hide the Struggle, The government has announced end of the Group Litigation Order (GLO) redress scheme #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666417...
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‘Platitudes’ hide struggle as Post Office scandal redress scheme closing date announced | Computer Weekly
Scheme for group that took the Post Office to court and exposed the widest miscarriage of justice in history to be completed by the year’s end.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
MyCSP CEO: Capita "Did Not Leverage" Our 12 Years of Experience — And Dress Rehearsals Were Inadequate Duncan Watson, MyCSP CEO of outgoing pension fires back www.computerweekly.com/news/3666418...
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Capita lacked ‘detail and thoroughness’ in planning botched Civil Service Pension Scheme takeover | Computer Weekly
CEO of former civil service pension administrator claims Capita’s pre-take-over processes were inadequate
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Keir Starmer Was Warned About Post Office Prosecutions in 2011 — CPS Told Complainant to "Direct Concerns to Government" Raises questions over his claim to have known nothing about them. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666410...
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Keir Starmer was warned about Post Office prosecution practices as director of public prosecutions | Computer Weekly
A Horizon scandal victim wrote to Keir Starmer in 2011, when he was director of public prosecutions for the CPS, alerting him to the Post Office’s controversial prosecution practices.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Fujitsu HQ injects more money into flagging UK arm as subpostmasters wait for fair redress #PostOfficeScandal Fujitsu injects another £80m into UK arm amid Post Office scandal fallout | Computer Weekly
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Fujitsu to cut almost 10% of UK workforces as #PostOfficeScandal bites www.computerweekly.com/news/3666410...
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Post Office scandal supplier Fujitsu to cut nearly 10% of UK workforce | Computer Weekly
Troubled IT supplier announces voluntary redundancy programme with hundreds of UK jobs set to be cut.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Second Post Office Capture System Conviction Referred to Court of Appeal. Steve Marston’s reaction this morning :"It feels like a massive weight has been lifted. Obviously this is a massive step forward, but there's still a hell of a long way to go yet." www.computerweekly.com/news/3666406...
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Second Post Office Capture conviction referred to appeal court | Computer Weekly
Conviction of 30 years has been referred to the Court of Appeal by the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
When will MyCSP face a grilling from MPs for the mess it left the Civil Service pension admin in. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666407...
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Capita left to deal with 13,000 civil service pension cases over a year old | Computer Weekly
More details of the Civil Services Pension Scheme administration backlog left to Capita revealed in parliamentary committee hearing.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Post Office Horizon Scandal: 1,400 Victims Still in Limbo — Evidence "Cannot Be Found" www.computerweekly.com/news/3666408...
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Post Office still can’t find evidence for 1,400 scandal redress claimants, while people die waiting | Computer Weekly
Finding evidence for events that took place decades ago is a challenge for many subpostmasters seeking compensation through the Post Office Horizon Shortfall Scheme.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
DWP eventually begins recruitment of independent reviewer of its subpostmaster prosecutions. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666406...
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DWP finally seeks reviewer of its subpostmaster prosecutions | Computer Weekly
The government wants review of over 100 prosecutions of subpostmaster by the department of work and pensions
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Lloyds Banking Group faces MPs’ questions Over "Alarming" Data Breach www.computerweekly.com/news/3666403...
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MPs asks Lloyds Bank for more information about ‘alarming’ breach | Computer Weekly
Treasury Committee Chair requests more information about the IT problem experienced by Lloyds Bank
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
UK Scraps £100 Contactless Payment Limit - But Will Banks Actually Raise It? As of March 19, 2026, the UK's £100 contactless payment cap is officially gone - but don't expect unlimited spending just yet. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666403...
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Contactless payment limit removal will happen overnight, but change won’t | Computer Weekly
Banks will be able to set their own contactless card payment limits from 19 March 2026, following rule change by Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
IBM back in for Post Office Horizon replacement project 11 years after it was paid to walk away #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666398...
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IBM takes a second shot at Post Office contract to replace Horizon | Computer Weekly
The US tech giant is bidding for a £323m contract to replace the Post Office’s flawed Horizon IT system, aiming to modernise services and migrate to the cloud, a decade after its previous attempt was ...
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
This nice Jay in my Garden today
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
These government suppliers seem to be so embedded that winning contracts is a formality, regardless of track record. Fujitsu is another case in point www.computerweekly.com/news/3666397...
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Capita secures decade-long government contract amid failure in public sight | Computer Weekly
Outsourcing firm has won ten-year contract to supply government departments with tech enabled business services
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Former subpostmaster Lee Castleton has been granted leave to appeal a High Court decision that would have split his fraud claim against Fujitsu and the Post Office into separate trials. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666397...
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Scandal victim gets leave to appeal decision to split case against Post Office and Fujitsu | Computer Weekly
Prominent scandal victim given leave to appeal High Court decision in his legal action against the Post Office and Fujitsu
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
When public sector outsourcing goes wrong, it's not just a contract failure - people's lives are effected. Read more about Capita and the civil servuce pension disaster www.computerweekly.com/news/3666396...
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Civil service veteran ‘incandescent’ as wait for pension hits four months amid outsourcing mess | Computer Weekly
Public servant of over 40 years, who has been waiting four months for pension payments to begin, says government has lost control.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
AI Agents come for your jobs first and then your money. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666397...
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Santander and Mastercard complete test of AI-initiated payment | Computer Weekly
Bank and payments giant complete first payment initiated by artificial intelligence in a controlled environment.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
NS&I's "Full-Spectrum Disaster" Seeks Inspiration from Bank of England's £800bn IT Success Story Success in government IT is so rare, it’s like an archaeological find. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666396...
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NS&I seeks Bank of England counsel over project disaster | Computer Weekly
The Bank of England’s successful IT transformation, praised by the National Audit Office, is being used as a model for government departments, including NS&I, which faces a failing IT project.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
What's anout half a billion quid when you are an arms' length government organisation #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666393...
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UK government commits £483m to Post Office for IT transformation | Computer Weekly
The UK government is to provide the next round of funding to support the Post Office’s move away from its controversial Fujitsu Horizon IT system.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The government needs to properly investigate claims made about ECCO+. No stone should be left unturned in Post Office scandal which goes way beyond Horizon. #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666389...
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Email from 1999 reveals Post Office ECCO+ system crash problems | Computer Weekly
ECCO+ system experienced freezes during transactions, which could have left Post Office branch account discrepancies
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
House of Lords Moves to Kill "Computers Are Always Right" Legal Presumption and minister's ambiguous response #PostOffiuceScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666392...
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Minister wants ‘logical conclusion’ to review of digital evidence in light of Post Office scandal | Computer Weekly
House of Lords debate saw government minister make an ambiguous promise in regard to the treatment of computer evidence in court.
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Karl Flinders @karlfl.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I interviewed the CTO heading up the Horizon replacement project at the Post Office. Read my write-for more detail than ever before #PostOfficeScandal www.computerweekly.com/news/3666390...
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Eradicating Fujitsu and Horizon from the Post Office, step by step | Computer Weekly
Post Office chief technology officer tells Computer Weekly about the challenges and progress in removing the controversial Horizon system from Post Office branches.
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