Common Ward By-Election - July 10th 2008
Stafford Conservatives fight against Post Office Closures
Conservatives in Stafford are backing plans to save our remaining Post Offices. The Post Office has announced that consultation on the next branches to be closed in Staffordshire will begin on 31st March 2008. Across the country, 4,000 Post Offices – a quarter of the network – have closed since 1997. A further 2,500 are expected to close by 2009. Jeremy Lefroy, Parliamentary candidate for Stafford, said: “Last year, 2,000 sub-post masters marched on Parliament and gave a four-million name petition to the Prime Minister opposing Post Office closures. “Now, we are about to be told that yet more are to close and I’m concerned that some will be in Stafford. Many of our communities, especially the most vulnerable people, rely on these Post Offices.”