Post Office campaigner’s proposal for independent compensation body being ‘worked on’

Sir Alan Bates, who led the campaign for justice for post office operators over the Horizon scandal, has described the compensation scheme in that case as being a ‘quasi kangaroo court’. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

A proposal by the Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates for an independent body to oversee future public sector compensation schemes is being “worked on” in government, after criticism of the treatment of victims of scandals.

Whitehall sources said a model was in planning in light of the traumatic experiences of those who had struggled to secure redress after scandals such as Horizon, contaminated blood and Windrush.