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As shocking ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office shed light on the plight of hundreds of sub-postmasters, we take a look at those operating in the background of the catastrophic series of events

Post Office Minister Kevin Hollinrake admitted it was 'mistake' that ministers did not remove Paula Vennells from her role on the board of the Cabinet Office sooner

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced Post Office scandal victims are to be exonerated, however it is too late for some families who were destroyed by the catastrophic wrongdoing

The Government has vowed to clear the names of hundreds of sub-postmasters who were wrongly convicted of stealing money from the Post Office, but for many, the news is tragically too late

Rishi Sunak made the long-awaited announcement at Prime Minister's Questions after a public outcry in the wake of the ITV drama 'Mr Bates vs the Post Office'

Television star Carol Vorderman, who is the presenter of the Pride of Britain Awards, is leading calls for 'tenacious' campaigner Alan Bates to receive at least a CBE

Thousands of people have signed our petition demanding that former postmaster Alan Bates get a knighthood or CBE for his decades-long fight to expose the Post Office scandal

Mr Bates vs the Post Office writer, Gwyneth Hughes, has opened up about the success of the ITV real-life show, which has captured the hearts of the nation

The Post Office Horizon scandal has been highlighted by ITV docudrama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which aired last week, but only a handful of the wrongful convictions have been overturned

Japanese technology firm Fujitsu is still being allowed to bid for lucrative Government work even after its faulty Horizon software led to innocent postmasters being sent to jail

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office has left ITV viewers across the nation horrified with the emotional story of sub-postmasters whose lives were wrecked by a faulty computer system. But who is Paula Vennells and what exactly was her involvement in the shocking scandal?

Paula Vennells is the former head of the Post Office and was in charge when hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters were wrongfully convicted for theft, fraud and false accounting. She has now handed back her CBE following escalating calls for her to do so after the hard-hitting ITV drama

Part of the process of making sure something like the enormous and outrageous Post Office scandal never happens again is to question everyone involved in the affair - and that includes Rishi Sunak

Just 93 of the 900 sub-postmasters wrongly prosecuted after the faulty IT Horizon system made it look like money was missing have had their convictions quashed so far

The victims of the Post Office scandal have been waiting for justice for too long and we should clear their names for good, writes Conservative MP and former minister David Davis

Sir Richard Branson has stepped in to ease the suffering of Alan Bates and the tycoon's incredible gesture has left This Morning viewers emotional while other cried 'tears of rage'

Paul Scully, who was Post Office Minister, said the Treasury demanded a value for money exercise was done before agreeing to giving further money to victims including Alan Bates

Four-part ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office documents one of Britain's greatest miscarriages of justice as sub-postmaster Alan Bates took on a decades-long fight against the Post Office

Post Office scandal victim and campaigner Alan Bates had joked he would love a holiday from Richard Branson, with his comment appearing to have become reality

The consequences of the Post Office Scandal are immeasurable. As there is fresh backlash amid the ITV drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, we take a look at the four victims who ended their lives after being accused

The petition has quickly gained signatures after ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office shone a light on the Horizon IT scandal that led to hundreds of lives being ruined

A former sub-postmaster wrongly accused in the Post Office scandal had to flee the UK to escape the devastation caused by one of Britain's largest ever miscarriages of justice

Angela van den Bogerd was blasted by a judge for her role in the Post Office scandal, and now she hands out redundancy notices at a private engineering firm - including 100 just before Christmas

ITV's four-part drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which documented the true story of Alan Bates and his role in one of Britain's greatest miscarriages of justice, came to a dramatic end on Thursday

The ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office has led to an avalanche of new signatures on a petition on 38 Degrees to strip ex-Post Office chief of her 2019 CBE award with the signatures now on their way to reach 500,000