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and it is still chilly out there but today for some of you a little bit more clout and one or two rain showers. i will have the four for forecast and detail later on. it s wednesday the 10th of january. the prime minister will face questions in parliament today over the post office horizon it scandal which saw hundreds of innocent sub postmasters wrongly sentenced for fraud and theft. the former post office boss paula vennells yesterday bowed to public pressure to give up her cbe but more questions remain over the number of government contracts that are still being awarded to fujitsu, which supplied the faulty it system, and the delays in quashing convictions and awarding compensation. our political correspondent peter saull has the latest. it was an announcement that added insult to their injury, depicted in the recent itv drama. paula vennells has got the cbe. joking! but now the former boss of the post office has agreed to hand back her honour, adding that she was tr ....
Whilst the wind will have less bite over the next few days, it stays cold with a lot more clout around as well. full details coming up on breakfast. it s wednesday the 10th of january. the prime minister will face questions in parliament today over the post office horizon it scandal which saw hundreds of innocent sub postmasters wrongly sentenced for fraud and theft. the former post office boss paula vennells yesterday bowed to public pressure to give up her cbe but more questions remain over the number of government contracts that are still being awarded to fujitsu, which supplied the faulty it system, and the delays in quashing convictions and awarding compensation. our political correspondent peter saull has the latest. it was an announcement that added insult to their injury, depicted in the recent itv drama. paula vennells has got the cbe. joking! ....
now give back your millions is the headline in the daily mail. the paper says campaigners have described former head of the post office paula vennells decision to return her cbe as a token gesture and want her to pay back some of her bonuses. we will talk about that issue with some of the former supposed masters who will be sitting on the sofa with us, nine of them, at 8am. pro forma postmasters. the i reports that tech firm fujitsu won £700 million worth of government contracts via a priority lane system, despite concerns over its faulty horizon software. another pressing issue in westminster. the times says rishi sunak is facing possible a revolt over his rwanda bill when it returns to the commons next week unless he listens to more ....
One of the fishermen rescuers. that doesn t quash the conviction, it is a halfway house, a pardon, you are forgiven but that doesn t quash the conviction. i m not sure that any solution fits all. so it isn t simple. solution fits all. so it isn t simle. ~ ., ., ., ., solution fits all. so it isn t simle. ., ., ., ., simple. we will have to have a chat now to liam simple. we will have to have a chat now to liam byrne, simple. we will have to have a chat now to liam byrne, we simple. we will have to have a chat now to liam byrne, we are - simple. we will have to have a chat now to liam byrne, we are talking l now to liam byrne, we are talking about the compensation but also accountability is another issue. thank you forjoining us. you are chair of the business and trade select committee and you have invited fujitsu to come and give evidence to you and talk to you next week, what are you going to be putting to fujitsu? aha, week, what are you going to be putting to fujitsu? week, w ....
Because kneejerk legislation, as we know from previous examples, other examples doesn t always work. and there are questions about fujitsu, which made the faulty horizon accounting software. company bosses have been summoned to appear before a committee of mps next week. should it be blocked from getting new government contracts? action on that appears unlikely, though, before the public inquiry into the scandal, which started three years ago, concludes. it s due to resume hearing evidence tomorrow and will surely have a far bigger audience than before. peter saull, bbc news. a big day in westminster today on the post office scandal, let s go there live, and speak to henry. we know that paula vennells is bowing to pressure and handing back her cbe, now called from the public for her to hand back her bonuses as well and it s notjust about her, it goes wider than that. ....