The campaigner has insisted the honour won't change his life, while his wife Suzanne told Sky News she is 'very proud' of her 'very deserving' husband.
Alan Bates, the campaigner who highlighted the Post Office scandal, will be given a knighthood after being recognised in the King's Birthday Honours list. Other famous faces on the list include artist Tracey Emin and cyclist Mark Cavendish, who will be given a damehood and knighthood, respectively. Former prime minister Gordon Brown has received the highest award possible, being made a Companion of Honour.
'I very much see the government at the moment providing the redress for people, as a sort of middleman. 'I think there's a lot of money to be recovered from elsewhere to repay the taxpayer in all of this.' Meanwhile, it is believed a team of around 80 Metropolitan Police officers are monitoring the Post Office inquiry closely.
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