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| Birmingham Liberal Democrats | <info@birminghamlibdems.org.uk> | 11th March 2010 |
Fighting Post Office Closures10.13.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Wed 12th Sep 2007
Birmingham City Council last night passed a Liberal Democrat motion opposing any further post office closures and urging the government to abandon their rationalisation plans. Lib Dem Group Leader Paul Tilsley (Sheldon Ward) said that 55 sub post offices had closed in Birmingham since 1999 and a further 10 were in danger. Councillor Tilsley added: "I despair at the government attitude on this issues. The axe is cutting deeper." He highlighted that many small shopping centres would be threatened without the "bedrock" of post offices to draw customers in. The government has announced plans to close down 2500 more post office branches across the country. In other words, nearly one in five of the remaining Post Offices are to be closed. The Liberal Democrats have launched a petition against the closure plans. You can sign it online at http://www.libdems.org.uk/commerce/issues/postoffice.html
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Related News Stories:Thu 28th Aug 2008: Lib Dems condemn Post Office closures in Birmingham. Sun 27th Apr 2008: Lib Dem leader warns of more Post Office closures. Fri 4th Apr 2008: Birmingham's Labour MPs vote for Post Office closures. Mon 29th Oct 2007: Tragedy of more Post Office Closures. Mon 13th Nov 2006: Post Office closures could cost £400m. Mon 5th Jul 2004: Published and promoted by Birmingham Liberal Democrat Council Group, c/o 78 Alcester Road, Birmingham, B13 8BB. The views expressed are those of the party, not of the service provider. |
