August 3, 2026
Post Office, but make it messier
MPs demand answers on Fujitsu's inclusion in lucrative frameworks
Fujitsu’s back in the money — and the comments are absolutely furious
TLDR: MPs are asking why Fujitsu has been placed on government buying lists worth £54bn despite the company’s promised pause on chasing new public sector work during the Post Office scandal fallout. Commenters are split between anger over the lack of consequences and grim jokes that the replacement options may be just as bad.
Britain’s politicians are demanding answers after Fujitsu — the company at the heart of the Post Office scandal — turned up on four giant government buying lists worth more than £54bn. Technically, being on a framework is not the same as winning a deal, but commenters were in no mood for fine print. The vibe was basically: how is this company still anywhere near public money? With the public inquiry still ongoing and Fujitsu supposedly on a self-imposed pause from chasing new government customers, people want to know whether this is a loophole big enough to drive a lorry through.
And the community did not hold back. One camp was pure outrage, asking why there still seems to be no real punishment, with one commenter boiling the whole saga down to the fact that Paula Vennells continues to escape real consequences. Others wanted the money question answered immediately: if victims are still waiting for payouts, how much is Fujitsu actually on the hook for? Then came the grimmer, more cynical hot take: maybe the government keeps coming back because there just aren’t many firms big enough to do this work — and, as one brutally honest commenter put it, the alternatives are hardly a dream team either.
There was also disbelief at the eye-watering sums. People joked that this was a “crazy number, crazy company, crazy government” situation, while others wondered how much of these monster projects is real work and how much is consultancy fluff. In short: the story isn’t just that MPs are asking questions — it’s that the internet has already delivered the verdict, and it’s somewhere between furious, exhausted, and darkly amused.
Key Points
- •MPs on the Business and Trade Select Committee asked the government to explain Fujitsu’s inclusion in four procurement frameworks worth more than £54bn.
- •The scrutiny is linked to Fujitsu’s role in the Post Office scandal and its self-imposed pause on bidding for new public sector customers during the public inquiry.
- •Committee chair Liam Byrne asked whether Fujitsu’s framework appointments could let it seek work from public bodies that are not already customers, and requested answers by 12 August.
- •In July 2026, the Government Commercial Agency confirmed Fujitsu as a supplier on G-Cloud 15, Technology Services 4, Transport Technology, and Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7.
- •The article states that Fujitsu’s moratorium had caveats and did not stop the company from winning contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds.