THE Revd Paula Vennells, the Anglican priest who was chief executive of the Post Office during the Horizon IT scandal, has said that she will hand back her CBE “with immediate effect”. A dramatisation of the scandal — Mr Bates vs The Post Office — broadcast on ITV, has brought the matter to greater public attention. She became chief executive in 2012, when the Post Office was separating from Royal Mail as an independent company with its own board. Most of the prosecutions brought by the Post Office happened before Ms Vennells became chief executive. Last year, the Government said that Post Office workers whose convictions had been overturned would each be offered £600,000 in compensation.

Source: The Times January 09, 2024 11:14 UTC