A senior Royal Mail executive has accused the Border Force of failing to prevent Britain from being flooded by fake Chinese stamps.

They claim the Government is not doing enough to clampdown on the import of forgeries that are leading to customers being slapped with £5 penalties.

On Thursday senior MPs called for Chinese officials to face ministers – although the nation has dismissed claims about the counterfeit stamps as “baseless”.

David Gold, director of external affairs and policy at Royal…