Archives :
January 2022
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When Vennells met Hunt
A “chilling” moment, by Hunt’s account Hi all Hope things are okay with you. Straight to business as I must get some fresh air before it gets dark today. A little vignette in Jeremy Hunt’s constituency newsletter was spotted by the eagle-eyed Eleanor Shaikh, who kindly forwarded it to me. The MP describes a “chilling”…
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The £1bn disaster – read it and weep
plus: Howe and Co meet with BEIS… Hello everyone I hope you are keeping well. Apologies for the lack of recent emails. I have been working on the scripts to an investigation on a completely different matter, which I hope will appear on Radio 4 by the end of Feb. That investigation is now back…
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Post Office board members to be questioned in parliament today
And lawyers for the 555 to meet the government this week Good morning I’ll try to keep it brief. In 15 minutes’ time, Post Office CEO Nick Read will face the BEIS Select Committee MPs. It will be the first time the Post Office CEO has been questioned on camera. I hope the MPs make…
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Post Office CEO to face MPs over compensation mess
Scully and civil servants face q’s too Hello A very happy, if currently dreary new year to you. I was going to write a marathon secret email, but then I thought I’d turn it into a marathon blog post instead. It is ready for you to read and covers what’s happening in Post Office scandal…