UK Post office boss Henry Staunton to leave in fallout from scandal- Sky News

Postal minister Kevin Hollinrake said on Wednesday that Fujitsu should be contributing hundreds of millions of pounds to pay the compensation bill the government is expecting over the scandal.

UK Post Office chairman Henry Staunton is to leave amid frustration in government over the state-owned company's governance as it reels from a scandal over the wrongful conviction of hundreds of workers, Sky News reported on Saturday.

Business minister Kemi Badenoch notified him of the decision in a telephone call, Sky said. The Department for Business and Trade did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Amid mounting public anger, Britain is moving to quash convictions and pay compensation after the self-employed sub-postmasters were wrongly prosecuted or convicted of theft, fraud and false accounting between 1999 and 2015. Japan's Fujitsu is

under pressure because the Post Office workers were convicted as a result of glitches in software developed by the company.

Last week, Fujitsu said it would work with the British government on "appropriate actions" including compensation, based on the findings of an inquiry into the scandal. Postal minister

Kevin Hollinrake said on Wednesday that Fujitsu should be contributing hundreds of millions of pounds to pay the compensation bill the government is expecting over the scandal.