Post Office boss to give back bonus linked to Horizon scandal inquiry

Nick Read says he will return payment and apologises for procedural and governance mistakes made'

The chief executive of the Post Office has said he will return a bonus payment linked to the inquiry into the Horizon scandal that led to hundreds of postmasters being wrongfully convicted.

Nick Read apologised for procedural and governance mistakes" made by the firm linking significant bonus payments to work related to the inquiry into the miscarriage of justice.