Petition Tag - post offices

Post Office Ltd is consulting on the closure of nine Post Offices in Newcastle upon Tyne. The branches under threat are:

- Brunswick Village

- Clayton Road

- Garden Village

- Howard Street

- Kenton Road

- Union Society

- Walkerville

- Walbottle

- West Denton

Post Offices provide a vital service for local people. We must send a message to the Post Office Ltd that they need to keep their hands off OUR Post Offices.

For more information, go to: www.savepostoffices.org.uk or http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21196716369

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Since 1997 Labour have overseen the closure of 4,723 post offices. North West Leicestershire has lost many village Post Offices in places such as Blackfordby, Albert Village and Coleorton. Post Office branches are vital if we are to combat both social and financial exclusion, and this Government wants to continue destroy this vital network by closing a further 3000 Post Offices.

Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for North West Leicestershire Andrew Bridgen advocates the freeing up of subpostmasters and postmistresses, to provide a greater range of products and services, as well as a scheme whereby people with concerns about a range of Government services can use their local Post Office as a kind of 'Government GP'. This can advise on issues such as tax returns, pension entitlements and the opening hours of local pharmacies.

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