Post Office Chairman Fired Amid Horizon Scandal Fallout

Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch said she asked Mr. Staunton to step down over issues around the governance of the Post Office.

A sign outside a Post Office in England on Nov. 3, 2009. Lewis Stickley/PA

Henry Staunton has stepped down as the Post Office chairman amid the fallout of the Horizon IT scandal.

Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch said on Sunday that she had to fire Mr. Staunton over issues around the governance of the Post Office, saying the state-owned business has issues that “go well beyond the Horizon scandal.”