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Public anger over the Submit Workplace sub-postmasters scandal hasn’t abated. After the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Submit Workplace introduced the difficulty again into the general public consciousness, the federal government has confronted stress to supply treatment for these wrongfully convicted and be certain that related scandals are prevented from taking place sooner or later.
The know-how agency Fujitsu was accountable for creating the Horizon IT system. Faults within the Horizon system triggered discrepancies in department accounts which weren’t as a result of actions of postmasters.
Because of this, campaigners at the moment are calling for Fujitsu to be banned from holding public sector contracts within the UK.
Anti-privatisation group We Personal It has launched a petition which reads: “Fujitsu ought to by no means obtain one other public sector contract and ought to be eliminated instantly from the federal government’s listing of Strategic Suppliers.”
Talking on the launch of the petition, Cat Hobbs, director of We Personal It advised Left Foot Ahead: “It beggars perception that Fujitsu nonetheless has contracts with the Submit Workplace and different key authorities departments after a listing of astonishing failures.
“Fujitsu isn’t only one rotten apple. Take a look at what occurred with Carillion collapsing inflicting chaos, Serco’s £37 billion failed check and hint scheme or G4S letting down the London Olympics.
“The federal government shouldn’t be outsourcing contracts to run our important companies and awarding them to the bottom bidder. The precedence for outsourcing firms is to make a revenue for his or her homeowners, not delivering a public service.
“That’s why over 13,000 of us have already despatched a crystal clear message to authorities – we don’t need Fujitsu wherever close to our public companies.”
Fujitsu has been awarded £6.8 billion price of contracts by the federal government since 2012. Throughout Rishi Sunak’s time as chancellor after which prime minister, the agency has had £3.6 billion price of joint or solo contracts.
On the time of writing, greater than 13,000 folks have signed We Personal It’s petition.
Chris Jarvis is head of technique and improvement at Left Foot Ahead
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