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Officials considered sacking Paula Vennells as Post Office boss in 2014

Horizon scandal inquiry is shown document saying board members and Whitehall had doubts about her suitability

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Post Office chair says senior executives misled board over Horizon issues

Alice Perkins was in post when warnings of tech problems first emerged, but says she ‘missed’ their importance

The Guardian - UK

Kafka 100: the Post Office scandal really was Kafkaesque – it’s right out of his novel The Trial

Somebody must have laid false information against [him], for he was arrested one morning without having done anything wrong.

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Toby Jones claims Alan Bates turned down Glastonbury offer: ‘He can’t be bought’

British actor said the former subpostmaster he plays in ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ said ‘no thank you’ to opening the famous festival

The Independent UK

MSPs pass law to exonorate wrongly convicted sub-postmasters in Horizon scandal

HOLYROOD has passed “unprecedented” legislation to exonerate subpostmasters in Scotland who were wrongly convicted as part of the Post Office…

The National (Scotland)

OPINION - It’s too expensive to send a letter — we should renationalise Royal Mail, not sell it abroad

The other day I got the shock of my life at the post office where I was sending a letter to Ireland to find the nice man on the counter was asking me for £2.50 for a stamp. Two. Pounds. Fifty. “What,” I said weakly. “Yep,” he said, plainly used…

Evening Standard

National reckonings and public inquiries: what scandals come next?

After the Post Office, infected blood, Grenfell Tower, Windrush and more, what could fall on the next prime minister’s watch?

The Guardian - UK

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The Post Office Horizon IT scandal is rooted in class prejudice

Letters: Readers respond to the testimony of Paula Vennells, former managing director of Post Office Limited, at the inquiry into the failings of its Horizon IT system

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells booed by subpostmasters for saying their cases ‘bored’ her

Former chief executive in 2014 dismissed stories of injustice but tells inquiry she regrets everything she said

The Independent UK

Tearful testimony confirms for many how much Post Office’s Vennells knew

There were times during Horizon inquiry when victims of scandal struggled to keep composure as former chief executive pleaded ignorance

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of Post Office Horizon victims to be exonerated by act of parliament

Royal assent to be given to law overturning convictions of branch operators accrued over 22 years in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Paula Vennells names five executives she blames over Post Office scandal

Former boss claims IT executives and legal counsels let her down and tells inquiry she ‘loved the Post Office’

The Guardian - UK

Paula Vennells told she was in 'la-la land' as ex-Post Office boss again breaks down in tears at Horizon inquiry

The former Post Office chief executive is giving evidence for a third day at the Horizon IT inquiry

Evening Standard

Watch again: Paula Vennells gave final day of evidence at Post Office Horizon IT inquiry

Watch again as Paula Vennells gave her final day of evidence at the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry on Friday (24 May).

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The Guardian - UK

Post Office Horizon IT inquiry: tearful Vennells’ claim she worked as hard as she could dismissed as ‘absolute rubbish’ – as it happened

Victims’ lawyer responds to tearful monologue by former Post Office chief executive

The Guardian - UK

Paula Vennells ruled out Post Office review that ‘would be front-page news’

Former boss, appearing at inquiry, denies decision not to review miscarriages of justice over 10 years ago was led by PR adviser

Woman & Home

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells makes tearful admission of ‘incorrect evidence’ in scandal inquiry

Paula Vennells has given evidence in the Post Office Scandal Inquiry as she spoke publicly for the first time in almost ten years

The Independent UK

Watch as Paula Vennells gives evidence at Post Office Horizon IT inquiry

Watch as Paula Vennells gives evidence on her second day at the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry on Thursday (23 May).

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The Guardian - UK

Post Office Horizon IT inquiry: Vennells denies email warning case reviews would be ‘front page news’ was factor in restricting them – as it happened

Former CEO says she does not recall ‘making conscious decision not to go back and review all past criminal cases’ and denies media coverage was a factor

The Independent UK

‘Overpaid and under-qualified’: Sub-postmasters’ scorn at Paul Vennell’s ‘crocodile tears’

Paula Vennells broke down in tears on a number of occasion during first day of testimony at Horizon inquiry

The Guardian - UK

Rev Vennells wept but couldn’t remember much about sending innocent subpostmasters to jail. All so long ago

As the former Post Office CEO faced the inquiry and her victims, she said ‘sorry’ a lot. About what? It was never really clear, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Independent UK

Paula Vennells cries at Post Office scandal inquiry and admits evidence to MPs was untrue

Disgraced former boss of the Post Office apologises to subpostmasters for their suffering during the Horizon IT scandal

The Guardian - UK

Paula Vennells: key disclosures from first day at Post Office Horizon inquiry

Former chief executive says she was ‘too trusting’ of subordinates and was advised to deny Fujitsu had remote access to terminals

The Independent UK

Subpostmistress who ‘paid back’ £70,000 to Post Office says they accused her children of stealing

The Post Office accused a subpostmistress’s teenagers of breaking into to a branch safe

The Independent UK

Former UK Post Office boss breaks down in inquiry over scandal that saw hundreds wrongly convicted

The former head of Britain’s Post Office Paula Vennells has broken down in tears on several occasions while giving evidence to an inquiry into one of the country’s biggest miscarriages of justice that saw hundreds of branch managers wrongly convicted of theft or fraud because of a faulty computer system

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