A peer who campaigned on the Post Office Horizon scandal says its network of branches should be expanded and more services offered, as the company consults on cutting stores.
Lord Arbuthnot, who drew attention to the scandal which saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongly convicted due to the Post Office’s defective accounting system, told a debate in the House of Lords on Monday that he “believes” in the Post Office and said it should broaden its offering to customers.
