More than 100 people contact lawyers after broadcast of Post Office drama

ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office has led to a flurry of potential victims seeking legal counsel

More than 100 new potential victims of the Post Office scandal have contacted lawyers after the airing of an ITV drama as the government scrambled to respond to growing public outrage.

The justice secretary, Alex Chalk, was meeting judges on Tuesday over plans to fast-track the appeals of post office operators who were convicted on the basis of a faulty IT accounting system.