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Henry Staunton refuses to back down as he gives evidence to the business select committee

The ousted Post Office chairman has insisted it was the company's current chief executive who was the subject of an internal investigation, not him.

Current Post Office chief executive, Nick Read said no-one in his team has been told by the government to slow down compensation for victims of the Horizon IT scandal as he appeared before the inquiry on Tuesday, 27 February. It came as ex-Post Office chair Henry Staunton claimed he had been told to delay payouts to the subpostmasters affected, but Kemi Badenoch told MPs he had spread “made-up anecdotes” following his dismissal. The Post Office has said it has had another 1,000 claims for financial redress since the ITV series aired.

Henry Staunton gave evidence to MPs at the Business and Trade Committee on Tuesday.

Henry Staunton gave evidence to MPs at the Business and Trade Committee on Tuesday.