Post Office board ‘felt blindsided’ by rushed out, critical 2013 report

Post Office board ‘felt blindsided’ by rushed out, critical 2013 report

Former member Susannah Storey tells inquiry that Horizon IT problem was sprung on non-executive directors

A senior civil servant said non-executive directors at the Post Office felt “blindsided” by the way the company rushed out a 2013 report by forensic accountants that was highly critical of the state-owned body.

Susannah Storey, who is now permanent secretary at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, sat on the Post Office board between 2012 and 2014 as a non-executive director and the first shareholder representative of the UK government.

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