Adam Crozier and Alan Bates to give evidence at Post Office Horizon inquiry

Former chief executive of Royal Mail will this week be questioned in public for the first time

The former chief executive of Royal Mail, Adam Crozier, and the campaigner Alan Bates will give evidence over the Post Office Horizon scandal this week as the public inquiry into the scandal enters its next phase.

Crozier, who headed Royal Mail when it owned the Post Office between 2003 and 2010, will on Friday provide detailed testimony about his actions for the first time.