Rishi Sunak has said he would 'strongly support' the Honours Forfeiture Committee if it decided to look at revoking former Post Office boss Paula Vennells' CBE in the wake of the Horizon scandal.
The Prime Minister's spokesperson issued the short statement on Monday (January 8), after a petition calling for the title to be stripped received over one million signatures.
It comes after both Mr Sunak and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer previously said they did not support the calls for Ms Vennells to be stripped of her CBE Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...
just click here to give it a go. The call for her to lose her honour has come back into the spotlight after ITV showed a drama about the scandal, which is known as the biggest unfair legal case in UK history.
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