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No contact from Government over Horizon IT scandal, says Sir Alan Bates

Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates has said the Labour Government has not contacted subpostmasters and has left them “at a standstill” over the Horizon IT scandal. The 70-year-old said current financial schemes for those affected are “a mess” and ...

25 Sept 2024 at 23:04

Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates to be knighted at Windsor Castle

Sir Alan Bates, the leading campaigner for subpostmasters in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, will receive his knighthood at Windsor Castle on Wednesday. The 70-year-old, of Llandudno in north Wales, is one of more than 550 claimants who have ...

25 Sept 2024 at 02:45

Nick Read to call time on Post Office job after tenure marred by Horizon

Post Office boss Nick Read joined long after the events which eventually sparked the Horizon scandal, but his tenure has been dominated by the crisis. Mr Read, 59, said on Wednesday that it was a “great privilege” to have worked as chief ...

18 Sept 2024 at 12:30

Nick Read to step down as chief executive of Post Office next year

Post Office boss Nick Read is set to step down from the role next year, the company has said. Mr Read described it as a “great privilege” to have worked as chief executive in an “extraordinarily challenging time for the business and for ...

18 Sept 2024 at 11:27

Bates urges Horizon victims to take Government to court over redress delays

Sir Alan Bates urges victims to take Government to court over redress delays

Sir Alan Bates has urged victims of the Horizon scandal to take the Government to court over delays to financial redress. In an email sent to members of campaign group Justice For Subpostmasters Alliance (JFSA), seen by the PA news ...

15 Apr 2025 at 16:45

Bates says Post Office scandal compensation schemes are ‘quasi-kangaroo courts’

Sir Alan Bates has said the Government’s compensation schemes for victims of the Horizon IT scandal have been “turned into quasi-kangaroo courts”. The former subpostmaster, who has campaigned for justice for colleagues, added that ...

24 May 2025 at 23:10

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office wins Bafta but fight for victims ‘not over yet’

The writers of Mr Bates Vs The Post Office said the fight is “not over yet” after it won the Bafta TV Award for limited drama. The four-part series focuses on the subpostmasters who fought to clear their names in the wake of the ...

11 May 2025 at 21:00

More than £1 billion paid to those wronged by Horizon scandal, Government says

More than £1 billion has been paid in financial redress to subpostmasters wronged by the Horizon IT scandal, the Government has said. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) said money has now been paid out to more than 7,...

09 Jun 2025 at 12:43

Downing Street declines to commit to Sir Alan Bates’s redress payment deadline

The Prime Minister has responded to Sir Alan Bates’s requests for help with settling redress claims for those affected by the Horizon scandal, but Downing Street declined to commit to the campaigner’s suggested payment ...

05 Nov 2024 at 18:01

PM yet to respond to requests for Horizon redress assistance from Sir Alan Bates

Sir Alan Bates has told MPs that the Prime Minister has not yet responded to his requests for help with settling redress claims for those affected by the Horizon scandal. The lead campaigner and former subpostmaster ...

05 Nov 2024 at 16:10

Ex-postal affairs minister apologises for government being ‘armed with lawyers’

A former postal affairs minister has apologised for allowing the government to “arm themselves with lawyers” while attempting to sort out redress for victims of the Horizon scandal. Kevin Hollinrake, who was in ...

06 Nov 2024 at 11:44

Post Office corporate culture at root of Horizon scandal – Business Secretary

The Business Secretary has said the Post Office’s corporate culture is at the root of the Horizon scandal, but has insisted the organisation is still “an incredibly important institution in national life”. ...

11 Nov 2024 at 11:27

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