Paula Vennells has been accused of misleading the government after ITV News obtained a letter from March 2015, which shows the former Post Office boss claimed there was no evidence sub-postmasters had been wrongfully convicted.

Ms Vennells, who ran the organisation between 2012 and 2019, told the-then Post Office minister Jo Swinson the “Post Office has found no reason to conclude that any prosecution was unsafe”.

ITV News' Investigations Editor Dan Hewitt reports.

Read the full report on the ITV News website here: https://www.itv.com/news/2024-04-09/f...

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