Post Office pays £600m for Horizon

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Why the Post Office paid £600m to stay shackled to the faulty Horizon system

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Post Office paid 600 m to continue using faulty Horizon IT system despite ditching it more than a decade ago .

Under the terms of the original 548 m deal, the Post Office did not own the code for the core part of the Horizon system.

Former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair and other senior Labour government figures were warned about potential problems with the deal before it was signed.

Post Office Inquiry is examining decisions leading up to wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters.

Ex-executives tell how the company found it difficult to replace Fujitsu .

Documents show the " IPR issue" was often discussed by top-level Post Office executives.

Since 1999 , the Post Office has spent 2.5bn on contracts with Fujitsu since 1999 .

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