Clive Betts MP (Sheffield Attercliffe) has asked Sheffield City Council to assist the re-opening of Darnall Post Office. In a letter to the City Council’s Chief Executive today, Clive Betts says that: * progress has now been made in discussions between the Royal Mail and Darnall Forum about finding new accommodation; * it appears that none of the Council’s much-publicised fund to suppo...
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I recently attended the book launch of Dave Chapple’s new biography of Bristol based socialist, George Massey. The book has been sponsored by the CWU, South West TUC and the Lipman-Miliband Trust George is a remarkable man who in his long carreer of activism has been a Post Office trades unionist, Anti H-Bomb activist, Pensioners Rights
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SocialistUnity on 23rd Feb 2010 (via socialistunity.com)
On how bureaucracies just keep on operating. I’ve heard (but cannot prove) that the US Post Office was delivering across the lines until 1863…..
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TimWorstall on 8th Feb 2010 (via timworstall.com)
The National Front are certainly a force to be reckoned with in the West Country. Their 2008 newsletter boasted of their highlight of that year’s campaiging, a press release to the Wiltshire Gazette supporting Dame Judy Dench’s call to save Lacock Post Office. Emboldened by this success they have moved on to bigger and better things,
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SocialistUnity on 17th Dec 2009 (via socialistunity.com)
Paul Blomfield, Labour's Parliamentary Candidate for Sheffield Central, has welcomed the Labour Government's consultation on how to expand financial services at Post Offices, and has called for a full range of banking products to be made available. Paul Blomfield wants the Post Office to build on existing provision by offering a range of new services. He believes it would provide a futur...
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LabourMatters on 4th Dec 2009 (via labourmatters.com)
Plans for the Post Office to start offering financial products and services are outlined by the government.
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BBCPolitics on 2nd Dec 2009 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
In their party political broadcast last night, the Tories endorsed a community right to buy. The idea is that communities would be offered first refusal to take over and run local amenities that are faced with closure. For example, the community would be able to take over a Post Office rather than see it shut down. Community groups would also be able to bid to run publicly provided assets such as ...
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Spectator on 20th Nov 2009 (via spectator.co.uk)