Posted 1/13/2024, 6:00:00 PM
Vennells Receives CBE Amid Post Office Scandal Concerns
- Theresa May's government pushed through a CBE for former Post Office boss Paula Vennells despite Horizon IT scandal concerns
- Sir Ian Cheshire led sub-committee that recommended Vennells for honor below knighthood/damehood
- Vennells was nominated by Department for Business, not by then-Business Secretary Greg Clark
- Her name was discussed by main honors committee chaired by Sir Jonathan Stephens in October 2018
- This was just before the 555 sub-postmasters' group action against the Post Office was reaching trial in High Court