Post Office could hand ownership to staff amid review after Horizon scandal | Post Office

The ministers will consider delivering the ownership of the post office to operators after the Horizon CT scandal.

The Ministry of Business and Trade (DBT) published a green article that started the first major examination of the organization in 15 years.

The investigation, which will last until October 6, follows the publication of the first part of the two -year public investigation on the Horizon IT scandal.

Ministers, some of the investigation, ultimately, including the possibility of reciprocity, including the government controlled by the post office will look at the ownership model, he said.

The ministers had previously brought together the representatives of post office operators to discuss the possibility of having network branch managers who were exiting 11,500.

“This green article says that the Green article is the beginning of an honest conversation about what they want and needs from their post office in the coming years, Ger Post Office Minister Gareth Thomas said.

“Posts continue to be a central part of our high -country streets and communities. However, after 15 years, we need a new vision for the future without a suitable examination and the horizon scandal.”

Between 1999 and 2015, approximately 1,000 post office operators were prosecuted by the Post Office, which made it seem to be fraudulent.

The scandal, which is thought to be the most widely low in the history of England, was the subject of the post office, which was published last year against the ITV drama Mr. Bates, which was admired by critics, and pushed the problem to the national spotlight.

Bates had previously criticized the idea of reciprocity. “Currently, the government will subsidize it and continue to support it. They cannot only give it to the sub -officials, and they cannot say, ‘Here, here, my friend’ he said last year.

In November, the Post Office announced that it will close 115 branches at risking 2,000 jobs.

Post Office President Nigel Railton cuts hundreds of personnel work to add £ 250 million a year to the operators’ fee.

On Monday, the government announced that it would offer another 118 million pound subsidies to help the post office restructure and force transformation plans.

The Union of Communication Workers (CWU) criticized the subsidies’ award and said that more than ten years ago, the post office and the Royal Mail, which had been divided more than ten years ago, should be reunited.

“Supported governments have failed the post office, workers and customers,” CWu spokesman said. “And to choose to use the government subsidies for the transformation plans that are nothing but planned excesses, closing and the ruled decline. The only way to create a successful future is to bring the Royal Mail and the mail together through a new model of joint venture ownership model.”

The owner of the Royal Mail was purchased by Czech Tycoon Daniel Křetínský’s EP Group with an agreement with a special area of 3.6 billion pounds listed in the stock exchange earlier this year.

The government said that the Green article will provide the opportunity to work with post office operators and the public to ensure that the company enters the road to a strong and sustainable future ”.

Neil Brocklehurst, General Manager of the Post Office, said, “Now we have an opportunity to make a national speech about the future of our post office and their roles in supporting communities throughout England,” he said.

According to the latest official figures, in four correction plan until June 2, more than 7,300 plaintiffs were paid over 1 billion pounds as compensation.