MPs Fight to Save Post Office Network from Government Cuts

2.03.17pm BST (GMT +0100) Thu 25th May 2006

Julia Goldsworthy campaigning to Save Our Post Offices

Devon and Cornwall's eight Liberal Democrat MPs have called upon the public to support their campaign to safeguard the future of the local Post office network.

The MPs have launched a petition calling on the Government to reverse its decision to discontinue using the Post Office card account for pensions and benefit payments.

"We have launched a petition calling on the Government to reverse its decision over the post office card account which is worth £1 billion pounds to post offices until 2010," says Julia Goldsworthy, MP for Falmouth and Camborne.

"One in three urban post offices have already closed under the urban reinvention programme. Now there is no commitment to protect post offices in deprived urban areas from closure. The ending of the post office card account in 2010 will add to pressures on local post offices."

Nick Harvey, the MP for North Devon added, "The closure of local post offices can have a profound effect on communities, particularly hitting the more vulnerable members of society such as the elderly, disabled and those without transport of their own."

"It is vital that the true social value of this network is included as well as its economic value when looking at the long-term future of this valuable network. We urge the public to sign our petition."

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Sign Our Post Offices Petititon.