Post Office

If there's one question Keir Starmer hates being asked, it's why he ever thought Jeremy Corbyn would make a great Prime Minister.He could answer that it's not easy, being Red; that in politics, like football or an inter-departmental tussle…

Sunak must take blameRishi Sunak squirmed when reminded he had been fined over Partygate. The PM does not want voters to remember he was living it up in Downing Street while the rest of the country followed the rules. But he should be held…

Police are planning to put together a national super team of around 80 detectives for a criminal inquiry into the Post Office scandal.They vowed “the pursuit of justice” will be at the heart of their investigation. Claims of perjury and…

It will hopefully go down in history as London’s Wet Wednesday.The day when Paula Vennells, who trousered £5million as Post Office boss, wept rivers of self-pity in Aldwych over her company’s persecution of loyal workers – and Rishi Sunak’s…

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells has broken her almost decade-long silence on the Horizon scandal as she was quizzed over the course of three days, often prompting groans from the gallery.The 65-year-old broke down a number of times…

Paula Vennells will today come face to face with victims of the Horizon IT scandal in her final day of brutal questioning. Lawyers representing subpostmasters will get the chance to grill ex-CEO as part of the lengthy inquiry. The…

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells will continue giving evidence at the Horizon scandal inquiry today. The 65-year-old businesswoman, who was CEO between 2012 and 2019, broke down in tears yesterday as the inquiry’s lead counsel Jason…

Paula Vennells has broken down in tears as she's grilled at the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry.The former chief executive issued an apology to furious postmasters including Alan Bates, saying: "I am very, very sorry." As Ms Vennells was…

Bombshell text messages show Paula Vennells was accused by a friend of secretly knowing about problems with the Post Office IT system.Former Royal Mail boss Dame Moya Greene told the ex-Post Office chief executive: "I can't now support…

Amanda: I got to the Portal in Manhattan’s Flatiron District a little before 11 am New York time, and found that there’s now a fence keeping people several feet away from it (but the same isn’t happening in Dublin). This is part of the new…