Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates has told Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer that the "clock is still ticking" on compensation for those affected by the Horizon scandal.

This comes after the well-known activist demanded a March 2025 deadline for compensation to sub-postmasters in a letter to the Labour leader.

Sir Alan Bates tells Prime Minister 'clock is still ticking' on Post Office compensation 

He revealed on Tuesday that he was yet to hear back from the PM after writing to him "over a month ago" about the Post Office scandal.

He said: "I sent him a reminder yesterday. I told him the clock is still ticking and it's now five months from the March deadline, which I'm told is still achievable by other professionals.

"So let's get on with it, that's all we want. Get on with it."

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Later that day, Downing Street revealed that Sir Keir Starmer had now responded to the letter.

The Prime Minister's spokesperson said: "It was obviously right that we took the time to consider the issues raised in the letter to the prime minister, consider our response, make sure it was accurate and substantial and obviously we engaged with relevant departments to ensure that the prime minister's response was as full as possible.

"I think that response was issued earlier today. On the substance of the issue, the government is committed to getting redress to those affected as quickly as possible and is doing all it can to increase the pace of redress across all schemes."