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Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson said on Monday: “We refute his allegations over the weekend.Staunton also claimed she told him he was being removed as someone had to “take the rap” for the Horizon affair.
The details will emerge soon enough as I won’t let the matter rest here, but will be discussing with govt lawyers. Henry Staunton had a lack of grip getting justice for postmasters. The serious concerns over his conduct were the reasons I asked him to step down. Staunton, who was made Post Office chairman in December 2022, told The Sunday Times: “Early on, I was told by a fairly senior person to stall on spend on compensation and on the replacement of Horizon, and to limp, in quotation marks - I did a file note on it - limp into the election.
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