Post Office closures petition
Local Conservatives are leading the campaign to keep Post Offices open. Across the country, over 4,000 branches have been shut with a further 2,500 earmarked for closure by 2009. Locally, the reality of these cuts is being felt.
Prospective MP, Jack Lopresti, comments, “Post Offices are the lifeblood of our communities. As more and more Post Offices face uncertainty, the elderly and the sick are being denied a service to which they are entitled. As the Government takes more responsibility away from the Post Office, many people are struggling to receive even the basic services, including collecting payments.”
Nationally, 4 million people have signed a petition to keep Post Offices in business. Labour has closed almost 10 Post Offices a week since 1997. Conservatives are taking action and listening to your needs.
The Conservatives plan to:
£ Give Sub-Post Offices more freedom to offer a wider range of business services
£ Push for more Post Offices to be ‘One Stop Shops’ – trained staff could then advise on a range of matters, including tax returns, pension entitlements, opening hours and so on
£ Encourage local Councils to open ‘Council Counters’ in local branches
£ Allow the Post Office to work with carriers other than the Royal Mail
£ Prevent the Royal Mail taking business away from sub- Post Offices by under-cutting the prices they can charge for postage
We, the undersigned, call on the Government to stop its Post Office closure programme in South Glos. We urge the Government to retain investment in the Post Office network, to remove restrictive regulations from Post Office businesses, and to reverse the removal of Government business to safeguard our Post Office network.