RLIT0000544 - Article from Mail Online dated 9 of December RE: Post Office dumps its replacement for Scandal-hit Horizon IT system after setbacks caused cost to skyrocket around 2b pounds.

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Post Office dumps its replacement for
scandal-hit Horizon IT system after
setbacks caused costs to skyrocket to
around £2b

By MARY O'CONNOR
PUBLISHED: 23:31, 4 December 2024 I UPDATED: 01:16, 5 December 2024

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The Post Office is dumping its replacement for the scandal-hit Horizon IT system after
setbacks caused costs to skyrocket to as much as £2billion, the Mail can reveal.

The in-house New Branch IT system (NBIT) was supposed to be finished by March
2024 at an initial cost of £200million over three years.

But difficulties in its development led to expensive delays.

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Staff were yesterday told that the Post Office's sole stakeholder, the Government, has
refused to fund the system's £1million-a-week running costs.

The Post Office is dumping its replacement for the scandal-hit Horizon IT system after
sethacks caused costs to skyrocket to as much as £2billion

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A Post Office spokesman last night said it had signed a one-year contract extension with
Japanese tech giant Fujitsu to run Horizon until March 2026

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