Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson set for return to face MPs

Royal Mail boss Simon Thompson faces being hauled back in front of MPs on allegations of misleading Parliament. 

The business select committee is due to meet tomorrow to set its agenda, which could include calling the chief executive back for further questioning following a bruising appearance last week that saw him quizzed about strikes, his £140,000 bonus and plans to stop delivering letters on Saturdays.   

Committee chairman Darren Jones said Thompson’s answers raised ‘grave concerns’ over the running of the business and reminded him that misleading Parliament would ‘not be appreciated’ if his responses were proven untruthful.