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Vennells told not to make Post Office top page news
Creative Media News
The Post Office withdrew a comprehensive assessment of sub-postmasters' convictions due to concerns that it would generate "front page news." In 2013, Paula Vennells, the former head of the Post Office, proposed that convictions dating back a decade could be examined. However, it was disclosed at the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal on Thursday that ex-Post Office media chief Mark Davies informed Ms. Vennells that it would "fuel the story and turn it into something bigger than it is" in an email.