Probe over DWP's role in Post Office 'fraud' fiasco

AN independent review is to be launched into the Department of Work and Pensions’ prosecution of hundreds of subpostmasters during the Horizon scandal.

- By Ciaran McGrath

The faulty IT system, introduced in 1999, led to wrongful prosecutions for fraud.

Only years later did it become clear the system was flawed, after Sir Alan Bates spearheaded the campaign to secure justice.

The scandal is linked to at least 13 suicides, said the report of the public inquiry led by Sir Wyn Williams, out last month.