MP’s bitter disappointment at Post Office closures

John Maples, MP for Stratford on Avon, has lobbied the Post Office and ministers not to close any rural post offices in south Warwickshire. “I am bitterly disappointed that the government and the Post Office have so far completely failed to understand the importance of village post offices” said the MP.
The Post Office has [...]

Help save Solihull’s Post Offices online

The local campaign to ‘Keep Our Post Offices Open’ has gone virtual this week and Solihull residents can now join a Facebook group to support the Post Offices earmarked for closure announced this week.
Maggie Throup, Solihull’s Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman has launched a new ‘Facebook’ group – Keep Solihull’s Post Offices Open – as part of [...]

Conservatives react over Post Office cuts

Pensioners and vulnerable groups hit hardest as Labour cuts hit local communities
Shadow Minister for Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield MP Andrew Mitchell said the Government should do more to encourage people to use post offces.
He said: “Unlike under the Tories, where we made sure that post offces had additional business to keep them open, Labour [...]

7000 say ‘NO’ to closure plan in Burton

In a dramatic show of people power, a petition with over 7000 signatures against post office closures in Burton and Uttoxeter was presented to Number 10 Downing Street.
Conservative Parliamentary spokesman Andrew Griffiths, took the petition to Gordon Brown in what he said was “a clear expression of public anger at the closures of this vital [...]

Last-minute plea on post offices

Campaigners across Shropshire issued a last-ditch plea to Post Office bosses to safeguard the future of under-threat branches in the county. Twenty-eight post office branches and mobile services across the county were earmarked for closure earlier this year as part of a programme to axe 2,500 across the country. Campaigners issued an 11th-hour call to [...]

Post Offices: Conservatives Collect Signatures to Show Local Support

Local Conservatives in Staffordshire spent Saturday morning in Leek Market Place to collect signatures for a petition protesting against the closure of Post Offices on Staffordshire Moorlands. Karen Bradley, the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Staffordshire Moorlands, will present the petition to Downing Street on Tuesday next week.
Karen said: “Over the last few weeks, we [...]