The Post Office's former chairman has accused the Business Secretary of making a series of "astonishing claims" after she told Parliament he had spread "made-up anecdotes" about his sacking. The row between Henry Staunton and Kemi Badenoch has deepened after he claimed that he had been told to stall postmaster compensation payouts affected by the Horizon scandal.
"I dismissed him because there were serious concerns about his behaviour as chair, including those raised from other directors on the board. "My department found significant governance issues, for example, with the recruitment of a new senior independence director to the Post Office board. "A public appointment process was under way but Mr Staunton apparently wanted to bypass it, appointing someone from within the existing board without due process.