Alan Bates, the lead campaigner in the Post Office scandal, has accused ministers of being vindictive over his own compensation claim as a catalogue of attempts to sabotage his two-decade fight were disclosed at a public inquiry.
The persecution of post office operators has been described as the nation’s worst miscarriage of justice but Bates, whose battle was highlighted in the celebrated ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, said Whitehall appeared to believe there had been no value in his work.
