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Kemi Badenoch has accused the Post Office chair she sacked of a “blatant attempt to seek revenge” after he made explosive allegations about the government’s handling of the Horizon scandal.

The extraordinary war of words began over the weekend after Staunton gave an interview to the Sunday Times accusing the government of wanting to stall compensation payments to victims of the Horizon scandal until after the general election.

She said: “I dismissed him because there were serious concerns about his behaviour as chair, including those raised from other directors on the board … I should also inform the house that while he was in post a formal investigation was launched into allegations made regarding Mr Staunton’s conduct.

On Monday night, Staunton issued a stinging riposte to Badenoch, saying he had kept a record of the alleged comment from a senior civil servant asking him to stall compensation payments to Horizon victims.

The shadow business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, earlier called for a full Cabinet Office investigation and said ministers must ensure claims the government had sought to stall Horizon compensation payments were “shown to be false in no uncertain terms”.

James Arbuthnot, the Tory peer who has been one of the leading campaigners on the scandal, said that what Staunton alleged happened was “disgraceful” but that ministers should now focus on delivering quick compensation.

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