Post Office bosses trade blows over probe claims

POST Office turmoil intensified last night after the company's ousted chairman insisted its current chief executive is the subject of an internal investigation, not him.

- Martyn Brown

Former chair Henry Staunton was sacked last month by the Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch who said bullying accusations had been made against him.

But Mr Staunton told MPs on the Business and Trade Committee yesterday that it was the CEO Nick Read who was being investigated.

Mr Staunton said the Post Office boss "fell out" with the business's human resources director and said his own behaviour was only referenced once in an 80-page document about Mr Read. The former chairman said there was one paragraph in the report on alleged politically incorrect remarks made by him and he "strenuously denied" the claim.