16/04/2026
Government launches independent investigation into Network Transformation Programme
The Department for Business and Trade has launched an independent investigation into how Post Office Ltd (PO) carried out its Network Transformation Programme between 2010 and 2019, following a campaign by the NFSP and Howe + Co Solicitors.
NFSP CEO Calum Greenhow said: “This is the result of three years of campaigning by the NFSP on behalf of affected members. Thank you to all postmasters who came forward and shared their experiences of feeling coerced, pressured or bullied into converting to new contracts, which ultimately left many worse off.
“What we have to understand is that many postmasters agreed to Network Transformation in 2011 based on guidance from government and PO that significant additional work would come to the network, providing a viable future and giving postmasters a say in the business through mutualisation.
“To date, none of that has materialised. In fact, the opposite has happened, instead of additional government work coming to post offices, services such as benefits payments have been removed.
“It is not lost on the NFSP how PO conducted itself during the Complaints and Mediation Scheme between 2012 and 2015, which was examined in detail by the Sir Wyn Williams Horizon IT Inquiry.
“It is therefore vital that PO acts openly and transparently today, ensuring Mr Tolley KC has access to all available evidence so he can determine whether PO acted inappropriately. The PO of today cannot behave in the same way as the PO of the past.”
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