Former Post Office chair warns of fresh Horizon-style scandal in the making

Henry Staunton giving evidence to the inquiry at Aldwych House, central London, as part of phase seven of the probe, which is looking at current practice and procedure and recommendations for the future. Photograph: Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry/PA

The former chair of the Post Office has warned of another Horizon-style scandal if so-called “untouchable” investigators and executives involved in the prosecution of sub-postmasters are not fired before the organisation rolls out its new IT system.

Henry Staunton, who was sacked by the then business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, in January, said there there were still millions of pounds in dispute between what sub-postmasters and the Post Office have recorded.