Sir Vince Cable has told the Post Office inquiry he accepts a 'share' of responsibility for failures that enabled the wrongful convictions of sub-postmasters to continue unchecked. The former Liberal Democrat leader, who had the role of business secretary for five years from 2010 to 2015, said there was 'clearly a policy failure' under his watch relating to the oversight of Post Office.
The inquiry is examining many facets of behaviour over the course of the Horizon life cycle to date. A central theme is one of cover-ups, not least at the Post Office itself. In his witness statement to the inquiry, Sir Vince said: 'These abuses occurred under a large number of ministers in Labour, coalition and Conservative governments and we all share some responsibility for the fact that this happened on our watch.