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Post Office CEO cleared of wrongdoing

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Post Office chief executive, Nick Read, has been cleared of any wrongdoing in an investigation after the existence of whistleblower allegations was revealed in parliament. Allegations about his behaviour emerged earlier this year when former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton told a House of Commons…

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