Post Office scandal: more than 1m sign petition to strip ex-boss of CBE

Calls to remove honour of Paula Vennells who oversaw organisation as it denied problems with Horizon IT system

A petition calling for the former Post Office chief executive, Paula Vennells, to lose her CBE over the Horizon scandal has attracted more than 1 million signatures.

Demands for the honours forfeiture committee to remove her CBE have re-emerged after ITV aired a drama about the scandal, which has been described as the most widespread miscarriage of justice in UK history. Vennells oversaw the organisation while it routinely denied there were problems with its Horizon IT system.