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More than a million have now signed petition to strip former Post Office boss of CBE

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The petition calling for ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE has now attracted over a million signatures. Support for the petition on 38 Degrees, which was initially set up three years ago gaining just 1,000 backers at the time, has rocketed…

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