Post Office chair says it has ‘strained’ relations with Horizon IT firm Fujitsu

Nigel Railton tells inquiry it is possible post offices could still be using Horizon in 2030 despite efforts to replace it

The chair of the Post Office has told a public inquiry that the state-owned body has a strained" relationship with Fujitsu, the company that supplied the faulty Horizon system at the centre of the IT scandal.

Nigel Railton, the interim chair of the Post Office, said it was possible" that post office operatives could still be using the Horizon IT system in 2030 despite efforts to replace it.