Ex-Post Office chair expresses ‘sincere regret’ over

Tim Parker tells inquiry the firm relied too heavily on lawyers and should have shown key report to the board

The former chair of the Post Office has expressed “sincere regret” for the the state-owned body’s failings in the Horizon IT scandal and said it was a mistake not to show a key report on the problem to its board.

Tim Parker, who was chair of the Post Office between 2015 and 2022, told a judge-led public inquiry that he felt “deep sympathy” for the Post Office operatives affected by what MPs have described as one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in UK history.