'Scandal Within a Scandal': DWP Fails to Begin Post Office Convictions Review

'Scandal within a scandal': DWP fails to begin Post Office convictions review

The UK government’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is still failing families affected by the potentially wrongful Post Office convictions scandal. It’s now almost 12 months since the DWP first announced its review into its infamous handling of prosecutions against Post Office staff. Yet no review has begun and still no reviewer is even […] By Cameron Baillie

Post Office 'scandal within a scandal' as DWP review fails to begin A YEAR after families were promised

Nearly a year after announcing an independent review into its prosecution of around 100 Post Office workers, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has yet to appoint a reviewer or begin the process. The review was announced in August 2025 to examine the DWP’s role in prosecuting Post Office staff between 2001 and 2006, when the faulty Horizon computer system was generating unreliable financial data.Unlike the roughly 900 convictions secured…