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Sacking of Paula Vennells was raised amid doubts over performance, Post Office inquiry is told
Slideshow highlighted ‘worrying lack of knowledge’ and ‘poor people management’ five years before chief executive stepped down
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Paula Vennells’ hollow apology epitomises a rotten culture of cover-ups
The public sector’s problem is that everyone is assumed to be acting with the best of intentions – even when they’re not
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Paula Vennells is the bland face of British mediocrity
Here’s a scary thought: how many more bureaucrats and managers have been promoted well beyond their capabilities?
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Paula Vennells’s tears don’t wash with postmasters whose lives were ruined
Former Post Office chief executive gives emotional testimony but it rings hollow for victims of Horizon scandal
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Step inside the newsroom every weekday for a frank, fearless and witty take on today’s headlines with Camilla Tominey and Kamal Ahmed
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Five things we learnt from Paula Vennells’ appearance at Post Office inquiry
Former chief executive is giving evidence of her time during which subpostmasters were prosecuted
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Horizon, maternity, infected blood – what other scandals await corrupt Britain?
The major outrages which come along with numbing frequency all fundamentally spring from one attitude: ordinary people don’t count
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Emails reveal how Paula Vennells joked about drinking champagne after learning of CBE
Former Post Office chief executive was formally stripped of the honour by the King following her central role in the Horizon scandal
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The National Trust is subverting its democracy
The unjust Quick Vote system discriminates against elderly members, serving a hidden agenda
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The infected blood scandal exposes the toxic mendacity of our ruling class
Britain’s unspoken vice is elite secrecy, but we are waking up to how long we have been taken for fools
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Former Post Office boss should ‘come clean now’, says victim who featured in ITV drama
Paula Vennells is due to give evidence to the inquiry into the Horizon scandal this week
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Post Office Horizon victims given average of less than £1,000 for damage to health
Figures reveal more than half of ‘compensation’ paid out is money subpostmasters were wrongfully forced to pay for phantom errors
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Post Office lawyer who oversaw Alan Bates case refusing to co-operate with inquiry
It is understood that Jane MacLeod is living in New Zealand and the inquiry cannot compel her to give evidence while she is abroad
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Post Office stripped of crime reporting status in Scotland over Horizon scandal
Lord Advocate says scandal shows company is ‘not fit’ to be specialist reporting agency
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Paula Vennells blocked by ex-Post Office IT boss after seeking help to stop inquiry
Lesley Sewell said she did not feel comfortable being contacted by the ex-chief executive
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How doctors’ answer to Alan Bates rallied NHS whistleblowers like sub-postmasters
Doctors who have paid heavy price after speaking up for patients form campaign group similar to Post Office Horizon case
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New Bill to exonerate up to 300 Scottish Post Office workers convicted in Horizon scandal
Angela Constance unveils measure to give victims ‘justice and redress as swiftly as possible’
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Ex-Post Office PR chief asked himself ‘Are we the baddies?’ over sub-postmasters scandal
Mark Davies grilled during Horizon inquiry on responses to journalists’ questions about accuracy of IT system
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Ex-Post Office boss admits to ‘joining in the backslapping’ over pregnant postmistress’s conviction
Inquiry hears Rod Ismay described Seema Misra’s guilty verdict as an ‘excellent result’
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Scotland’s top legal officer bows to pressure to tell MSPs if she backs postmasters law
Scottish Tory leader had written to Dorothy Bain, Lord Advocate, asking her to clarify her views on the Horizon IT scandal
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Barrister who advised Post Office says it defended Horizon IT with ‘religious panic’
Simon Clarke also said he believes the prosecution file on wrongfully-jailed sub-postmistress Seema Misra was deliberately hidden from him
