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Rt. Hon. Sir Alan Beith MPLiberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Berwick Upon TweedWorking for you and the Berwick upon Tweed Constituency all year roundin Northumberland and in Westminster |
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MP attacks "sham" of consultation as Post office closure plans go ahead
September 2, 2008 10:00 AM
Berwick MP Sir Alan Beith has branded the consultation on Post Office closures in Northumberland a "complete sham," saying that Post Office management has rushed to confirm its closure plans without even taking time to read the thousands of representations from local people.
Sir Alan Beith said
"Post Office Limited is closing very busy post offices in larger villages such as Norham, Milfield and Lowick so as to create more business for the planned mobile office which is more suited to serving smaller communities.
"The Post Office is having to tackle losses which result from the actions of both the present and previous governments. Both Labour and Conservative governments deliberately made it more difficult for people to use the Post Office for pension and benefit payments. But even that is no excuse for the shoddy and arrogant way this consultation on closures has been carried out.
"Village communities are paying a high price for Government neglect of the post offices, and Post Office management's high-handed ignoring of public concerns."
Sir Alan Beith will be continuing his surgery tour of outlying villages and hamlets today, including a previously programmed stop in Milfield, a village which will be badly affected by the loss of the permanent Post Office.
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