increasingly difficult and may eventually usher him towards the exit. the former chair of the post office, alice perkins, has admitted failing to realise the significance of a meeting in which she was reportedly told about the real risk from the horizon it system. ms perkins has been giving evidence to the inquiry into the scandal and apologised for not getting to bottom of what went wrong while she was at the organisation. emma simpson reports. alice perkins, former civil servant, married to former home secretary jack straw and appointed post office chair in 2011 as concerns about horizon were mounting. i want to apologise to all the subpostmasters and mistresses and their families. the inquiry was shown this handwritten note from one
system, which made it look as if money was missing from branch accounts. some were wrongfully imprisoned, but so far, only 93 convictions have been overturned. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. sorry! it s one of the most powerful stories in this drama. jo hamilton s prosecution for huge losses in her post office branch account. i ve declared my cash. i ve declared my stock. here s the realjo at home in hampshire today, who s had quite a week seeing her darkest moments broadcast to the country. i haven t got that money, and i don t know where it s gone! she d no idea the faulty horizon computer system was to blame. jo pleaded guilty to false accounting to avoid jail. it wasjust basically fighting for survival. i did, at one point, i had about ten cleaning jobs on the go, trying to keep the mortgage paid. and it really is a true story.
emma simpson reports. sorry! it s one of the most powerful stories in this drama. jo hamilton s prosecution for huge losses in her post 0ffice branch account. i ve declared my cash. i ve declared my stock. here s the realjo at home in hampshire today, who s had quite a week seeing her darkest moments broadcast to the country. i haven t got that money, and i don t know where it s gone. she d no idea the faulty horizon computer system was to blame. jo pleaded guilty to false accounting to avoid jail. it wasjust basically fighting for survival. i did, at one point, i had about ten cleaning jobs on the go, trying to keep the mortgage paid. and it really is a true story. yeah, i don t think the public realise just quite what we ve all been through. what do you hope the impact of this drama will be? the public are behind us now, and i think if there s enough outrage out there, i mean, it may become an election issue. who knows?
here, 50 potential new victims of the post office it scandal have contacted solicitors since this week s broadcast of a tv drama about the case. around 700 sub postmasters and postmistresses were convicted over a period of 15 years linked to the faulty horizon computer system, which made it look as if money was missing from branch accounts. some people were wrongfully imprisoned. so far only 93 convictions have been overturned. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. sorry! it s one of the most powerful stories in this drama. jo hamilton s prosecution for huge losses in her post office branch account. i ve declared my cash. i ve declared my stock. here s the realjo at home in hampshire today, who s had quite a week seeing her darkest moments broadcast to the country. i haven t got that money, and i don t know where it s gone! she d no idea the faulty horizon computer system was to blame. jo pleaded guilty to false
while administrators try to find a buyer or an investment deal. emma simpson reports. how can a budget retailer collapse in a cost of living crisis, when people are on the hunt for deals? here in slough, everyone we spoke to loved their wilko. all of my household goods, cleaning, washing powder, towels, iam in there all the time. it sells a bit of everything, what you need. so it is a shame. having it here is really| important because it is something and it is a reason why. people come to this part of the high street. but wilko has been struggling. a lot of what has happened wilko has been self inflicted. theyjust failed to give shoppers exactly what they wanted in a time of great competition in the sector. with other great retailers. they have not had products on the shelf, they have had huge supply issues, shoppers have gone somewhere else, their online business hasn t picked up and they ve literally run out of