Overview

• Rishi Sunak declines to express confidence in Post Office CEO Nick Read, following revelations of his request to double his pay and an ongoing investigation.
• Downing Street previously affirmed confidence in Read, but Sunak calls it 'inappropriate' to comment amid the investigation.
• Former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton accuses Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch of a 'smear campaign' after a fallout.
• An 80-page report by the Post Office's HR director triggers an investigation into Read, amidst claims of a pay rise request being denied.
• Hundreds of sub-postmasters await compensation in the wake of the Horizon IT scandal, with over 700 wrongfully prosecuted due to a faulty system.