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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Barney Davis

Sir Keir Starmer insists he has responded to Sir Alan Bates’ Post Office letters after postmaster rebuke

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he has written back to Sir Alan Bates about compensation for Horizon victims after the former post office worker claimed to have been snubbed by the Prime Minister.

The recently knighted subpostmaster, 70, had told MPs he wrote to Sir Keir around a month ago requesting help for those affected by the scandal.

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