Post Offices: Details clarified

I attended a briefing session for councillors on the Post Office closure programme this evening.

The bad news is that even though none of our Post Offices are included in the list going out to consultation it doesn't mean that they won't be on the final list in September.

The reason for this is that should the consulation identify any Offices in need of reprieve, they would probably have to identify replacement offices to close. Hopefully this will not happen.

Currently the consultation period runs until 26 August. However the City Council are trying to get the consultation extended beyond the summer holiday period to allow as many people as possible to respond.

Further bad news is that the consultation is limited in what it can consider.

It was made clear that Post Office Ltd would only consider what they called "errors or misleading information".

The Liberal Democrats will continue to fight to save as many Offices as we can. The Labour Government have decided that 2500 Offices must close. The Tories have no plan to save Post Offices.

The City Council have a public meeting on 22 July in the Guildhall from 7pm.