Alan Bates says he wrote to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer twice last month to set a deadline for compensation for the victims of the Horizon IT scandal.
But the former subpostmaster says he has "never received a response".
Report by Brooksl.
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Sir Alan Bates says the civil service "could do a lot more" to speed up compensation schemes for subpostmasters who were victims of the Horizon IT scandal. He speaks ahead of giving evidence before the Business and Trade select committee. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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Former sub-postmaster Alan Bates has received a knighthood from the King. The 70-year-old is the leading campaigner for sub-postmasters in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. Report by Kennedyl. Like..
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