Royal Mail

Royal Mail

Fresh start for Royal Mail: The £5.3 billion deal raising eyebrows

— The UK government has approved Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s £5.3 billion acquisition of Royal Mail’s parent company, IDS, safeguarding universal service obligations while raising public and political concerns over foreign ownership.

Justice

Mr Bates vs The Post Office depicts one of the UK’s worst miscarriages of justice: Here’s why so many victims didn’t speak out

— The Post Office Horizon IT scandal highlighted barriers to victims speaking out earlier: isolation by being told their issues were unique, local stigmatisation, limited access to information, and trust in the infallibility of the Post Office's IT system.