Post Office closures petition
Since 1997, Labour have closed nearly 5,000 Post Offices across the country, including six of our Post Offices in the Kingswood area.
Now our local Post Offices are once again under threat. In May 2007 the Government announced the closure of a further 2,500 post offices, on top of the 4,875 which have already closed since 1997.
To fight these closures, Chris Skidmore has launched a petition to protect Kingswood’s Post Offices. If you want to help save our local Post Offices, please fill out the petition on this site. Chris comments: ‘Our local post offices are an invaluable resource; many elderly residents are dependent upon them. Post offices are often at the heart of the local community, and many nearby shops rely on their trade. Closing valuable branches only adds to the stripping of much needed local services that has taken place in Kingswood under Labour’.
The Conservatives plan to:
£ Give Sub-Post Offices more freedom to offer a wider range of business services
£ Push for more Post Offices to be 'One Stop Shops'
£ Encourage local Councils to open 'Council Counters' in local branches
£ Allow the Post Office to work with carriers other than the Royal Mail
£ Prevent the Royal Mail taking business away from sub-Post Offices by under-cutting the prices they can charge for postage
We, the undersigned, call on the Government to stop its Post Office closure programme in Kingswood and South Gloucestershire. We urge the Government to retain investment in the Post Office network, to remove restrictive regulations from Post Office businesses, and to reverse the removal of Government business to safeguard our Post Office network.