Post Office closures condemned

At a well attended public meeting in Yate Parish Hall last Friday, Steve Webb MP heard local residents' concerns about the proposed closures of local post offices. In our area Station Road (Tesco) post office is threatened, and a little further afield Old Sodbury and Tytherington post offices are on the closure list as well.

These are just three of thousands of post offices at risk across the country. Elderly people from the Cranleigh Court area told the Yate meeting that they are very concerned. It's not just a fair walk to the main post office in the shopping centre - there are also frequent long queues.

Steve Webb said: ""There are real practical problems for local people - especially those who are elderly or disabled - if they are forced to use more distant post offices which can sometimes have very long queues".

There is a more detailed report of the meeting on Steve Webb's website, and Steve has also set up a special local "Save Our Post Offices" campaign website that explains how YOU can help campaign to keep our post offices.