{"id":235278,"date":"2025-04-15T12:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sir-alan-bates-urges-victims-of-post-office-scandal-to-take-govt-to-court\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:05:17","slug":"sir-alan-bates-urges-victims-of-post-office-scandal-to-take-govt-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/sir-alan-bates-urges-victims-of-post-office-scandal-to-take-govt-to-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Alan Bates urges victims of Post Office scandal to take govt to court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_awIJwhJr7U\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Sir Alan Bates urges victims of Post Office scandal to take govt to court\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_awIJwhJr7U\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Sir Alan Bates has written to fellow former subpostmasters urging them to take the government to court to speed up their compensation awards.<\/p>\n<p>The campaigner led the fight to expose Post Office Horizon IT failings.<\/p>\n<p>He argues in an email, legal action is &quot;probably the quickest way to ensure fairness&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alan suggests it will be November 2027 before all the claims are finished, based on the current rate of progress.<\/p>\n<p>#postoffice #postofficescandal #uknews #postofficecompensation<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here\/Los video de Sky News est\u00e1n disponibles en espa\u00f1ol aqu\u00ed: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzG5BnqHO8oNlrPDW9CYJog <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Alan Bates has written to fellow former subpostmasters urging them to take the government to court to speed up their compensation awards. 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