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Pot Office boss Nick Read given last chance to submit 80-page report on his behaviour to MPs | Business News

Pot Office boss Nick Read given last chance to submit 80-page report on his behaviour to MPs | Business News

The Post Office’s embattled chief executive has been issued with a final chance to submit the 80-page investigation into his conduct before a committee of MPs look to formally summon the report. After a number of lapsed deadlines to provide the report, Nick Read has been told by the Business and Trade Committee chair he has a deadline of 9am on Tuesday morning. If it is not submitted by then, the committee will discuss formally summoning the document, an infrequently used and limited power retained by MP committees when they are unsuccessful in their normal requests. The existence of the report came as a bombshell last week. It had been thought that the former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton, sacked earlier this year by business secretary Kemi Badenoch, had been subject to investigation. But at the committee hearing last week, Mr Staunton said he was only mentioned in one paragraph and the report was “a big investigation into Nick”. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:39 Henry Staunton says an investigation …

Post Office chief executive Nick Read subject of 80-page HR investigation, former chairman Henry Staunton says | Business News

Post Office chief executive Nick Read subject of 80-page HR investigation, former chairman Henry Staunton says | Business News

The ousted Post Office chairman has insisted it was the company’s current chief executive who was the subject of an internal investigation, not him. Former chair Henry Staunton was dismissed last month by business secretary Kemi Badenoch who said bullying accusations had been made against him. But on Tuesday, Mr Staunton told MPs on the Business and Trade Committee that it was the CEO Nick Read who was being investigated. Politics latest: Ex-chair stuns MPs with CEO claim Mr Staunton said the Post Office boss “fell out” with the business’s [human resources] HR director and said that his own behaviour was only referenced once in an 80-page document about Mr Read. The ex-chairman said there was one paragraph in the report on alleged politically incorrect remarks made by him and he “strenuously denied” the claim. “This was a big investigation into Nick. And I didn’t realise you weren’t aware of that,” he told the MPs. More on Post Office Scandal Asked if he was informed his behaviour was under investigation in November last year, Mr …