The Post Office boss said it was of "deep regret" to him that the process was taking so long. He blamed bureaucracy, not prejudice or penny pinching. He said it was "astonishing" that it was his organisation managing some of the schemes, given the lack of trust people have in the Post Office.

Hired in 2019, he claims the recruitment failed to mention ongoing litigation The chief executive of the Post Office has agreed the organization's leadership team was living in a "dream world" in the months leading up to the launch of a statutory inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal,

Post Office chief arrives to give evidence at Horizon IT inquiry, after dozens of postmasters were prosecuted for allegedly stealing funds, despite the Horizon system malfunctioning.

Bosses did not appreciate the effects of the Horizon scandal on the business in 2019, chief executive Nick Read has conceded.