First Minister backs calls to strip ex-Post Office leader of CBE
Daily Record|January 09, 2024
HUMZA Yousaf has said there are "question marks" over the honour awarded to the former Post Office boss in charge at the height of the Horizon IT scandal.
CHRIS McCALL
First Minister backs calls to strip ex-Post Office leader of CBE

The First Minister said yesterday he "understood" why a million people had signed an online petition calling for Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE.

The SNP leader also said the idea of offering a mass exoneration to subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted due to faulty accounting systems was "worthy of consideration".

It comes as Rishi Sunak said he would "strongly support" an honours committee if it looked again at the CBE awarded to Vennells.

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