“The continued award of lucrative government contracts to Fujitsu, while victims of their failures remain inadequately compensated, sends a deeply troubling message about our values as a government,” she added. “It suggests that corporate irresponsibility carries no meaningful consequences, and that public money can be earned even after causing immense harm to innocent citizens.”

Fujitsu’s bid to continue the operation of the TSS raises “profound questions about accountability in public procurement and justice for Horizon victims” and sends a “deeply troubling message about our values as a government,” the MP continued.

Osborne — whose constituent Chris Head is among the subpostmasters still waiting for compensation — urged the government to implement an immediate moratorium on awarding new contracts to Fujitsu until they have made a substantial financial contribution to victims.

“So many lives have been ruined by the Post Office and Fujitsu,” she said. “Whilst nothing can ever compensate for how they have been treated, it is sickening that people like my constituent Chris Head have not received any compensation yet Fujitsu are raking in billions of pounds from government contracts.”

Competere’s CEO, Singham, serves as “policy lead of the Trader Support Service Consortium,” according to the firm’s website. He is also chairman of the Growth Growth Commission, a free-market economic think tank founded by Truss in 2023. He served as an advisor to the Truss back in 2020.

Singham castigated the current Labour government’s new Trade Strategy late last month as chairman of the Growth Commission. The strategy is “troubling,” he wrote, citing “negative impacts of aligning to the EU” in Sanitary and Phytosanitary regulation — a move that would reduce the need for checks at the border — because it could limit trade with the U.S.

Singham’s current role in the TSS is “a tiny part of the overall contract,” he said, confirming Competere is part of a wider Fujitsu-led consortium bidding to keep running the service.

The U.K. government has been approached for comment.