LABOUR has demanded to know why the chairman of the Post Office has been sacked although not in charge when hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses were unjustly prosecuted during the Horizon computer scandal.
Henry Staunton was appointed Post Office chairman in December 2022, decades after the scandal began, but was sacked on Saturday by Tory Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch.
Labour has questioned the move, saying ministers must explain it.
KENNY MacASKILL says the lines between party, government and Civil Service in Scotland have been blurred and we need a thorough investigation into how
It is rather strange that Labour continues to give prestigious roles to inappropriate, controversy-mired businessmen who are also major Tory donors. What could Labour possibly be hoping to get out of it, asks SOLOMON HUGHES



