Post Office scandal: Alan Bates hits out at delayed compensation payments
The campaigner says it is time for a commitment for certain claims to be paid out over the next six months. In a message addressed to other subpostmasters involved in the Group Litigation Order (GLO), Sir Alan accuses government-employed "flim-flam artists" of dragging the process out and burying the scheme in bureaucracy.But in his latest newsletter to the GLO group, Sir Alan said the Department for Business seemed to be trying to get away with paying out as little as possible to victims while maximising the income for the legal firms involved.The former subpostmaster and campaigner Sir Alan Bates has hit out at the length of time it is taking for victims of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal to receive financial redress.Sir Alan leads the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance, campaigning for financial redress for the 555 victims who took part in the landmark group legal action against the Post Office.