Dossier
Alan Bates
Coverage of Alan Bates in the Nexus archive.
- ‘Utter disaster’: Alan Bates attacks schemes compensating post office operators
Alan Bates criticized government-run compensation schemes for post office operators affected by the Horizon IT scandal, calling them an 'utter disaster' and arguing that the government should not oversee them. He previously accused the system of being a 'quasi-kangaroo court' for resolving cases.
- Home Office could face hundreds of claims over asylum families in single rooms
A judge criticized the Home Office for housing two asylum-seeking families in single hotel rooms for over three years, deeming the conditions 'extraordinarily stressful' and ordering them to be moved within three months. The ruling could lead to hundreds of similar claims against the UK government.