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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 Offices under threat again
March 20, 2008 12:00 AM
By Peter Black in Seaside News
By Peter Black in Seaside News
The threat to our local Post Offices is about to rear its ugly head again with yet more closure announcements. We will be told which Post Offices in Bridgend will close under the Labour Government's closure programme in June.
A total of 4,000 Post Office branches have been closed since Labour came to power in 1997. This is in addition to the 3,500 Post Office branches that were closed under the last Conservative Government. That is why a vote in Parliament last month was so crucial. Unfortunately, an attempt to suspend Post Office closures was lost by 20 votes and both Bridgend MPs voted against it.
Welsh Liberal Democrats have consistently backed Post Offices in local communities as well as in the Welsh Assembly and Parliament. We will back campaigns to save local offices and will continue to pressure the government to change their policies The Liberal Democrats are the only party to have a costed alternative to this closure policy. We have proposed separating the Post Office from the Royal Mail Group, and raising £2 billion from the sale of shares in Royal Mail which can be used to make local Post Offices more sustainable as businesses.
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