内容摘要：She said that in her view, Trump “and the tens of millions of Americans who voted for him have valid concerns” related to border security.

She said that in her view, Trump “and the tens of millions of Americans who voted for him have valid concerns” related to border security.

It centred on the story of sub-postmaster Alan Bates, played by actor Toby Jones, who led and won a legal battle, paving the way for dozens of convictions to be overturned.Sir Alan was knighted earlier this year.

Reflecting on the impact of the drama, Mr Castleton told the BBC: "Nothing warms the cockles of the public than a drama about real people."It's turned us from just names on paper to actual people, which has helped our campaign. It has meant we are now listened to."Between 1999 and 2015 hundreds of sub-postmasters were prosecuted and convicted based on information from a faulty accounting system, Horizon, which made it look like money was missing.

Some sub-postmasters wrongfully went to prison, many were financially ruined and forced to declare bankruptcy, while others describe being shunned by their communities following convictions for false accounting and theft. Some have since died.The wave of publicity following the ITV drama led to former Post Office boss Paula Vennells handing back her CBE, after more than a million people signed a petition calling for her to be stripped of the honour.

There has been continued anger among many victims at the slow pace at which compensation payments are being made, and the amounts being offered.

An inquiry into the scandal saw its final statements submitted just before Christmas, ending two-and-a-half years of evidence sessions.At the time of the committee’s report HS2 Ltd acknowledged the payments were a “serious error”.

You might have thought a megaproject costing billions would be a political priority. However, in 2017, Brexit was dominating the agenda and if an outsider had the impression that MPs were distracted when they voted through the country’s biggest infrastructure project, they’d be right.Philip Hammond told me: “I'm sorry to disappoint you, but HS2 was not the main issue of the moment. The government was teetering on the brink, trying to deal with the daily hourly pressures of the Brexit negotiation. Long-term projects were perhaps not seen as quite as immediately urgent.”

By the time of the vote, many believed the likely costs would be much more than the officially budgeted £55.7 billion. An internal government document produced just before the HS2 scheme was finally approved by Parliament in 2017 suggested the final figure could increase to more than £80 billion.Lord Hammond told us it would be unrealistic for every bit of treasury modelling to go before parliament.