In the end, the budget was a surprise-free zone, but that did not stop it sucking up the attention of the political and business media for the whole week. So much attention, in fact, that important developments in the Post Office scandal, unexpectedly one of the biggest stories of the year, were largely overlooked. These events were in one of the sub-scandals — the row over the sacking of Henry Staunton, the Post Office chairman — but they may turn out to have big consequences for the future of the compensation schemes for the postmasters who were the chief victims, for Kemi Badenoch, the business secretary, and for the Post Office itself.
The Staunton story is all about corporate governance and it has revealed a
