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Community LifeYou are in: London > London Local > Croydon > Community Life > Council set to challenge post office closures  Will your local Post Office be closed? Council set to challenge post office closuresby Evadney Campbell, Croydon Reporter Businesses in the borough are planning to join with the council in its plans to support those post offices threatened with closure. Six post offices in the borough are on the proposed list of some 2,500 scheduled for closure nationwide. The impact of these closures will be significant for some sections of the community say campaigners. Cabinet member for regeneration, Councillor Tim Pollard said: “We are extremely disappointed that the Post Office is going ahead with the closure of post offices in highly deprived communities. “Some of these post offices are in highly deprived communities where people rely on being able to walk to their local branch. Expecting people who may not have their own transport, or who may have a debilitating or long term illnesses to travel up to a mile to their nearest post office is completely unacceptable. “We will do everything that we can to oppose their closure and we are calling on residents to write to Post Office Ltd and their local MP.”
under threatThe proposed closures in Croydon are: • 298 High Street, Croydon Post Office Ltd has now started a public consultation on the proposal for London. The public will have until 2 April to let the company know what difficulties they will face regarding access to future post office services. Is your local office threatened with closure? Send us your views, how difficult will this be for you? email me with your comments/views. evadney.campbell@bbc.co.uklast updated: 22/02/2008 at 11:23 You are in: London > London Local > Croydon > Community Life > Council set to challenge post office closures |
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