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Peter Black and South Wales West Liberal DemocratsRepresenting Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Port Talbot, and Swansea |
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Post Office closures hit poorer urban areas worse says Assembly Member
September 12, 2007 9:16 PM
A survey carried out by the National Consumer Council (NCC) and Dr. Foster consultancy, which demonstrates that previous waves of Post Office closures have fallen disproportionately on poorer housing estates and developments on the outskirts of smaller cities such as Swansea, Cardiff and Leeds is an ominous sign of things to come according to Welsh Liberal Democrat Social Justice Spokesperson, Peter Black.
Mr. Black was expressing his concern at the way that Labour's planned closure programme, which will see the loss of another 2,500 branches of the UK post office network will impact on local communities in Wales.
"This survey makes it quite clear that the closures carried out by Labour between 2002 and 2006 affected the urban poor badly," said Mr. Black. "Labour appears to have scant regard for those people on low or fixed incomes who rely on their local post office.
"By contrast, Liberal Democrat plans would invest £2 billion in post office branches, open new branches where there is a need, retain Post Office card Accounts for benefit and pension payments, allow the Post Office to develop new business, and make it a legal requirement for government to maintain the local Post Office network.
"If Labour has any pretensions left about helping the vulnerable and less well-off, then they need to halt their closure program and invest in the post office network instead."
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