Speaking to Sky News after receiving his knighthood, Sir Alan says he is yet to hear from the new government on the compensation schemes.
Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates has threatened legal action if financial redress for victims doesn't come soon. Sir Alan, speaking after accepting a knighthood for services to justice, told Sky News: 'If we need to fundraise for a court case, we will.' In a letter sent to hundreds of former sub postmasters last week, he called for a March 2025 deadline for financial redress for those caught up in the Post Office scandal.
He said he and his wife, now Lady Bates, were accepting the honour 'on behalf of the whole group and the suffering everyone's gone through'. He insisted that if the knighthood helps 'take our battle forward' - then it is 'a real honour from that point of view.' While Lady Bates described her husband's knighthood as 'a reaffirmation of how amazing the journey has been for Alan and for myself'.
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