Post Office now just a 'dead dog'

Sir Alan blasts axing of 115 branches

- Robert Kellaway

SIR Alan Bates slammed senior Post Office management after they announced the closure of 115 branches.

The hero of the Horizon Scandal said: "I've long since said that the Post Office in its current format is a dead dog.

"They've got a huge network out there of very hard-working people and if they're given the right tools to do a good job.

"It's a wonderful network, but it's just been abused at the moment.

"They pay them SO poorly, that's one of the key things.