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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

Sir Alan Bates given ‘take it or leave it’ offer of less than half his Post Office Horizon claim

Alan Bates
Alan Bates has accused the Department for Business and Trade of reneging on assurances made when the compensation schemes were set up. Photograph: Mark Thomas/REX/Shutterstock

Sir Alan Bates, who led the 20-year campaign for justice for post office operators over the Horizon scandal, has revealed he has been handed a “take it or leave it” compensation offer of less than half his original claim.

The 70-year-old, who was knighted last year, has accused the government of presiding over a “quasi-kangaroo court” system for the compensation.

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