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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rupert Neate

Post Office boss to give back bonus linked to Horizon scandal inquiry

Postal workers celebrate outside court
Former sub-postmasters celebrate after having their convictions based of the Post Office’s defective Horizon accounting system overturned by the court of appeal. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

The chief executive of the Post Office has said he will return a bonus payment linked to the inquiry into the Horizon scandal that led to hundreds of postmasters being wrongfully convicted.

Nick Read apologised for “procedural and governance mistakes” made by the firm linking significant bonus payments to work related to the inquiry into the miscarriage of justice.

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