Post office decline is a natonal disgrace

Local MP Brian Binley has condemned the Labour Government as a disgrace following today’s announcement that 2,500 more post offices will close.

Mr Binley said:

‘This is an organisation of small businesses and today’s announcement has demonstrated yet again that this Government knows nothing about small businesses.

What a missed opportunity!

The post offices, especially those in rural areas, should be seen as a social service. Why haven’t the Government found new ways to grow these small businesses; internet chat rooms, new services, front end information for government and local government services, new products – all of these could be used to develop services instead of just the opposite, withdrawing revenue and services from them.

It is a national disgrace that we are diminishing this asset.’