Photo: Tolga Akmen / AFPSource: AFPUK Business Minister Kemi Badenoch on Sunday said she had sacked the chairman of the Post Office amid tensions over the scandal of hundreds of subpostmasters wrongly convicted of theft due to faulty accounting software. "We had a conversation and it was agreed that it was better that the Post Office had new leadership going forward," Badenoch told Sky News, confirming that she had removed Post Office chief Henry Staunton. There has been intense criticism of previous Post Office chief Paula Vennells and others who are accused of allowing the prosecutions to continue even after problems with the software were known about. The minister also said she "certainly" expected Japanese tech firm Fujitsu to pay compensation over the scandal. "Fujitsu... are very much a part of this story, it’s not just Post Office management, and I hope that they will do the right thing," she said.

Source: Daily Nation January 28, 2024 11:45 UTC