03 February 2008

Since 1997, Labour have closed 5,000 Post Offices across the country, including nearly one in four Post Offices in Bristol North West.

Now our local Post Offices are once again under threat. The Government has decided that another 2,500 Post Offices must close, so that by 2009 a third of all Post Offices will have to shut their doors.

To fight these closures, Charlotte Leslie launched a petition to protect our Post Offices. If you want to help save our local Post Offices, please fill out the petition on this site. Charlotte comments, “Our Post Offices are at the heart of our communities and are often the cornerstone of local businesses, and they provide a lifeline to older people. But under this Labour government nearly 5,000 branches have already been closed - that’s around ten a week - and Gordon Brown is now looking to shut a third of all Post Offices by 2009. It’s time we said enough is enough. Please sign my petition to keep our Post Offices open!”

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’
£ 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