Protecting Rural Life: Saving Post Offices
25th February 2007 - Andrew McLeanUp to half of all our rural post offices are facing closure as the Government cuts its £150 million a year grant and closes the Post Office Card Account.
“Our post offices provide a vital lifeline in many villages where they are the only shop or local service,” says campaigner David Burden. “The poor and elderly who don’t have access to a car will be badly hit by these closures and village life will suffer.”
“The last Conservative Government closed 3,500 local post offices and this Government has already closed 4,000. Now they want to close at least another 2,500!” added campaigner Robert Armstrong. “We urgently need a change of attitude.”
The Lib Dems want to protect the post office network with a 5 point plan that includes a £2 billion investment fund, new services and retention of the Post Office Card Account and grants.
