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Thousands say: “Save Our Post
Offices”
Petition Delivered to Downing
Street
Thursday 13 March 2008
A petition of over 50,000
signatures including some from Holsworthy and Bideford calling on Gordon Brown
to reverse his Government’s savage Post Office closure programme was yesterday
delivered to Downing Street by the Lib Dems.
Labour plans to close 2500 Post
Offices which will hit communities hard across Britain. The closures come
on top of a further 7500 already closed by Labour and Conservative Governments.
Local Lib Dems PPC Adam Symons
said:
“I know that
some local post offices have already been targeted for closure but that the
threat of Post Office cutting off the compensation to post masters is keeping
the names out of the public domain. Gordon Brown and Labour need to listen
to the people who have signed this petition. Post office closures mean that
many, often the most vulnerable, are denied access to post office services or
face long journeys and even longer queues in other Post Offices.”
“Post office
closures will lead to the loss of other local shops and businesses ripping the
heart out of Torridge and West Devon's local communities. Once again the
Labour Government is cutting local services for short-term savings while
ignoring the long term damage they cause.”
The Liberal Democrats are the
only party with a plan to protect and improve Britain’s Post Office network.
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Adam Symons PPC with Sarah Teather MP
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Note:
Sarah Teather MP (Brent East) presented the
petition along many other Liberal Democrat MPs. The Liberal Democrats
launched a nationwide petition against Labour’s post office closures in Autumn
2007. These are the first batch of signatures to be presented. They
come from a wide range of areas across England, Wales and Scotland including Holsworthy and Bideford.
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