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Petition to strip ex-Post Office boss of CBE signed by 1 million people

Sky News Monday, 8 January 2024
A petition calling for former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to lose her CBE over the Horizon scandal has attracted more than one million signatures.
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News video: Ex-Post Office Boss Paula Vennells Hands Back CBE

Ex-Post Office Boss Paula Vennells Hands Back CBE 00:58

The former head of the Post Office has handed back her CBE as the fallout from the Horizon IT scandal gathers momentum. Paula Vennells was the chief executive of the company from 2012 to 2019, while the Post Office wrongly prosecuted hundreds of subpostmasters. They were accused of false accounting,...

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