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Former secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, Sir Vince Cable, arrives to give evidence to the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry at Aldwych House, central London, July 25, 2024
FORMER business secretary Sir Vince Cable told the Horizon IT inquiry today that he accepts responsibility for oversight during the scandal where “clearly there was a policy failure.”
The former leader of the Liberal Democrats told the inquiry he “hadn’t the faintest idea” the Post Office was privately prosecuting subpostmasters.
Sir Vince, business secretary between 2010 and 2015, apologised to victims of the Horizon scandal who were “so grievously let down” and said he needed to share “some responsibility for the fact that this happened on our watch.”
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors