Horizon probe | Post Office CEO under HR investigation, ex-chairman reveals

The Post Office’s CEO is being investigated by HR, the firm’s ex-chairman revealed to a shocked panel of MPs.

Politicians have been quizzing senior members of the Post Office and Fujitsu in recent weeks over the Horizon IT scandal, which saw as many as 900 sub-postmasters wrongly convicted of theft.

The Post Office’s former chair, Henry Staunton, was being grilled by the select committee in the past few days, and made a handful of shocking revelations.

The MPs had heard from earlier witnesses that Staunton’s behaviour was the subject of an internal investigation. However, Staunton, who was removed from his role last month, revealed that it was the current chief executive, Nick Read, who was actually at the centre of an HR probe.