Rishi back call to strip former boss of CBE

RISHI Sunak wants ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE over the Horizon scandal that destroyed hundreds of lives.

- Sam Lister

The Prime Minister backed the calls of more than one million people left outraged that the former executive holds an honour for services to the industry.

More than 700 Post Office branch managers were convicted after faulty Fujitsu accounting software Horizon made it look like money was missing from their shops.

He vowed the Government will do everything we can” to help the hundreds of victims after their appalling” treatment at the hands of what was one of the country’s most trusted institutions.

Speaking to voters during a visit to Lancashire, Mr Sunak said: I would say that over the last few years my predecessors started the process of doing that, had the inquiry.

“Actually, as Chancellor, I approved the compensation schemes for the first time which are now in the process of being paid out and almost 150 million has been paid out to thousands of people.

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“So people should know that we are on it and we want to make this right, that money has been set aside.

“What we are now looking at is how can we speed all of that up.

“We will do everything we can to make this right for the people affected. It is simply wrong what happened, they shouldn’t have been treated like this.”