Kevin Hollinrake told the Horizon IT scandal inquiry that Nick Read was unable to properly lead organisation

The former postal minister Kevin Hollinrake has said that the outgoing Post Office chief executive, Nick Read, was “paid lots whilst not doing a very good job”, and that working with him was like “drawing teeth”, the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal has heard.

Hollinrake, who held ministerial responsibility for the Post Office from October 2022 until the general election, gave a scathing assessment of the culture and management of the Post Office, describing it as an “inward looking, poorly led, dysfunctional organisation”.