Post Office scandal: Former business secretary Sir Vince Cable accepts 'share' of responsibility

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The former secretary of state accepts that oversight of the Post Office could have been better but, like other former ministers of the day, says he was guided not to interfere in operational matters outside his remit.

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.

 

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