Vodafone to face MPs as franchisee ‘scandal’ escalates

Joe Purnell2025-12-19T13:42:00

Source: Vodafone

Vodafone executives are set to meet with MPs as more allegations emerge about the operator’s franchising operation, raising political interest in the case that Vodafone considers a mere “commercial dispute”…

This article includes:

Themes: Franchisee dispute; Corporate governance; Political scrutiny; UK franchising law reform; Commercial dispute narrative; Settlements controversy; Ethical failures; Rate-cut allegations; Mental health impacts; Post Office scandal parallels.
People: Margherita Della Valle; Richard Tice; Gareth Thomas; Jon Shaw.
Geographic: United Kingdom.
Organisations: Vodafone Group; Vodafone UK; VodafoneThree; Fairer Franchise; Bird & Bird; House of Commons.

Register for free to continue reading this article

Already registered? Sign in here.

Join the TelcoTitans community and continue reading this article

By registering for a free account, you will get immediate access to the rest of this article, plus:

Enhanced access to TelcoTitans with three free article views per month
TelcoTitans Daily and Weekly newsletter briefings

“The detail is very good. Better than we get internally.” – GM, Vodafone OpCo

Want full access to TelcoTitans content? Check out our subscription options.