Post Office campaigner Alan Bates knighted in king’s

Ex-post office operator recognised for exposing Horizon IT scandal, while Tracey Emin becomes a dame and Gordon Brown a companion of honour

The Post Office campaigner Alan Bates has been knighted in the king’s birthday honours in recognition of his role in exposing the Horizon IT scandal, one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history.

The former post office operator and founder of the Justice for Sub-postmasters Alliance said he was accepting the honour “on behalf of the group” of branch operators and the “horrendous things that had happened to them.”