Ex-Camelot boss Nigel Railton named as new Post Office chair

Interim role will include overseeing compensation payments as result of Horizon IT scandal

The former chief of the national lottery operator Camelot has been named as the new interim chair of the Post Office.

The government said on Wednesday that the business secretary, Kemi Badenoch, had appointed Nigel Railton to the role, replacing Henry Staunton, who was sacked in January.