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Former sub-postmaster Sir Alan Bates has reached a deal to settle his claim over the Post Office Horizon scandal .

The breakthrough comes more than two decades after he began campaigning in what turned into one of Britain's biggest miscarriages of justice.

A final settlement deal, which has been estimated to be worth between £4million and £5million, has now been agreed.

A government spokesperson said: "We pay tribute to Sir Alan Bates for his long record of campaigning on behalf of victims and have now paid out over £1.2bn to more than 9,000 victims.

"We can confir

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