Posted 1/4/2024, 10:01:00 PM
Sunak and Starmer Avoid Backing Calls to Strip Former Post Office Boss of CBE Over Horizon Scandal
- Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer refused to back calls for former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to lose her CBE over the Horizon scandal
- Demands have re-emerged for Vennells' CBE to be removed after an ITV drama aired about the scandal
- Vennells oversaw the Post Office while it denied problems with the Horizon IT system that led to over 700 wrongful convictions
- Sunak said compensation schemes are being put in place for victims of the miscarriage of justice
- Starmer said compensation for victims is overdue and called on the government to pay it as soon as possible