Senior Labour shadow cabinet member Pat McFadden is facing more questions this morning after he claimed he had been “misled” by the Post Office while serving as Postal Minister in Gordon Brown’s Government.

Mr McFadden was blasted by Tory Lee Anderson after the Express uncovered evidence the scandal had been raised with him at least twice – once in writing and once in the Commons.

On both occasions the senior Labour politician parroted the Post Office’s defence, saying: “I understand from [Post Office Ltd] the errors at the branch have been fully investigated and there is nothing to indicate that there are any problems with the Horizon system.”

Responding to the new evidence, Mr McFadden told the Express: “The Post Office misled the Business Department and indeed the sub-postmasters when they said that any shortfalls or discrepancies in accounts were isolated incidents and that their IT systems were robust. That would have been reflected in any replies sent to MPs at the time.”