Hero campaigner Alan Bates has accused the Post Office of spending 23 years trying to “discredit and silence” him while giving evidence to the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal. Mr Bates ...

The inquiry’s chief counsel ... The ITV show, “Mr. Bates vs the Post Office,” told the story of branch manager Alan Bates, played by Toby Jones, who has spent nearly two decades trying ...

such as Sir Alan Bates, argue what they have been offered is not enough. The results show how legal and running costs jumped as the inquiry went on. The Post Office spent £82m in the 12 months to ...

While the inquiry draws to a close ... Sir Keir Starmer has responded to letters sent by the former sub-postmaster Sir Alan Bates, while a No 10 spokesman has said that the government is committed ...

Sir Alan Bates, who along with others formed the Justice ... that the government – under pressure from the statutory public inquiry into the Post Office scandal – agreed to pay fair financial ...