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Bristol Greens yet to act on Fujitsu contract

Bristol City Council’s Green administration has yet to act on a controversial multi-million pound contract with Fujitsu despite the party criticising it when in opposition.

Bristol Greens yet to act on Fujitsu contract

Bristol City Council's Green administration has yet to act on a controversial multi-million pound contract with Fujitsu despite the party criticising it when in opposition.

The company has been mired in controversy as the supplier of the Horizon software at the heart of the Post Office scandal, in which IT errors led to sub-postmasters being wrongly accused of stealing money. Fujitsu has failed to pay any compensation to sub-postmasters affected despite acknowledging a ‘moral obligation' to contribute.

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