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Former chief executive of the Post Office to give evidence to the inquiry from 9.45amKey questions Paula Vennells must answerAt the weekend Tim Adams for the Observer wrote a profile of Vennells ahead of her appearance today, asking how did Paula Vennells, an ordained priest, fall so far and so fast from grace?Vennells’s role in the Post Office’s efforts at rebuttal and cover-up has, like much of the evidence at issue, been hard to extract from the public body at every stage. On Friday, Jason Beer KC for the inquiry revealed that Vennells had only that morning supplied 50 new documents relevant to it. Late and incomplete disclosure has been a repeated cause of criticism from chair of the inquiry, retired judge Sir Wyn Williams. Vennells came to her role promising transparency and openness in Post Office’s dealings. One of the first questions she will no doubt be asked on Wednesday is: whatever became of that commitment? Continue reading…
Former chief executive of the Post Office to give evidence to the inquiry from 9.45am
Key questions Paula Vennells must answer
At the weekend Tim Adams for the Observer wrote a profile of Vennells ahead of her appearance today, asking how did Paula Vennells, an ordained priest, fall so far and so fast from grace?
Vennells’s role in the Post Office’s efforts at rebuttal and cover-up has, like much of the evidence at issue, been hard to extract from the public body at every stage. On Friday, Jason Beer KC for the inquiry revealed that Vennells had only that morning supplied 50 new documents relevant to it. Late and incomplete disclosure has been a repeated cause of criticism from chair of the inquiry, retired judge Sir Wyn Williams. Vennells came to her role promising transparency and openness in Post Office’s dealings. One of the first questions she will no doubt be asked on Wednesday is: whatever became of that commitment?