Sir Alan Bates agrees multimillion-pound settlement over Post Office scandal

<p>Government settles claim from former post office operator more than 20 years after he began his campaign for justice</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/nov/04/tax-rises-inevitable-rachel-reeves-budget-speech-borrowing-pound-stock-markets-business-live-news">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Sir Alan Bates has agreed a multimillion-pound settlement with the government more than two decades after he began the campaign for justice for post office operators over the Horizon IT scandal.</p><p>Bates has previously accused the government of presiding over a “quasi-kangaroo court” system for compensation, and last year said that post office operators <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/05/post-office-operators-sue-compensation-delay-alan-bates-sarah-munby-horizon-inquiry">may return to court over delays with settling claims.</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/04/sir-alan-bates-settlement-post-office-scandal">Continue reading...</a>