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Paula Vennells (right), then Post Office chief executive with Tim Parker, Post Office Chairman, at the opening of the Nyetimber Post Office branch in Sussex, April 2016
DISGRACED Post Office boss Paula Vennells bowed to boiling public pressure today and handed back her gong as establishment panic mounted over the scandalous persecution of sub-postmasters.
Her move came as ministers considered unprecedented legislative moves to exonerate all those falsely convicted of fraud or theft because of failings by the Post Office’s Horizon computer system.
Justice Secretary Alex Chalk told MPs that the “truly exceptional circumstances” surrounding the scandal made it right to consider passing a law simply clearing the hundreds who suffered unjust prosecutions.
Corbyn and Sultana commit to launching new socialist party
If Labour MPs who rebelled over the welfare reforms expected to be listened to, they shouldn’t have underestimated the vindictiveness of the Starmer regime. But a new left party that might rehome them is yet to be established, writes ANDREW MURRAY
Starmer doubles down on witch hunt by suspending the whip from Diane Abbott
