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The Post Office has extended its deal to use the scandal-hit Horizon IT software until at least 2027.

However, the postal giant said it plans to agree a deal with a new supplier next year, as part of commitments to shift away from the Horizon technology.

The accounting system, run by Japanese firm Fujitsu, is at the centre of the long-running Post Office scandal, which saw around 1,000 people wrongly prosecuted and convicted throughout the UK between 1999 and 2015.

Protesters outside the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry at the International Dispute Resolution Centre in L

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