Sheffield Attercliffe MP Clive Betts has demanded a high-level meeting with Post Office managers in London following the temporary closure of Tinsley Post Office. Clive Betts said: "I have been in correspondence with the Post Office over many months about the problems of Tinsley Post Office, its very difficult location and the requests by the sub-postmaster for assistance in moving to more appropr...

Labour AM Ann Jones has congratulated Henllan Post Office for its successful application to the new Post Office Diversification Fund. The Post Office is one of the first to be awarded part of a new £4.5m fund to help sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresses diversify and improve their facility. The fund, which will run for three years and is open to every sub post office in Wales, aims to help...

I have been pressing Camden Council to step in and prevent the closure of Albany Street Post Office, also in today's Daily Mirror "Mandy Post Office Shuts." Here's the letter I wrote to the Lib Dem/Tory leadership, normally very active on Post Office issues in the borough, to ask if our lawyers could step in to injuct the Post Office Ltd not to close until a suitable replacement was foun...

Nicolson Street Post Office is to close.  The Post Office will today announce that all bar one of the Post Offices earmarked for closure will be closed.  The Nicolson Street Post Office will close - though it is likely that the pharmacy will remain.  The details of the Post Office response to the consultation will be posted here (though at the time of writing the file has not been p...

The Post Office is being really inflexible and insisting on closing a small branch post office on Albany Street, NW1. The post office, based in a popular local pharmacy, serves the Regent's Park estate. The reason? The sub postmaster can't afford to open for just 4 hours on Saturdays any more. Because it is too costly to open on Saturdays, the Post Office have taken the decision to termi...

Lord Mandelson is urging the prime minister to save the Post Office network by allowing it to provide government services and financial products, according to a leaked letter seen by the Guardian. Mandelson suggests that the current economic downturn and "recent events in the financial services" present an opportunity for the Post Office to take on a new range of tasks. In the letter to Gordon Bro...

Today, in its decision to allow the Post Office to continue the post office card account service, the Government recognised the role of local post offices in local economies, financial inclusion and community life. While this particular service may not be being provided on the most economically efficient basis (debatable), it is certainly the case that villages and high streets will be the more fu...

I've distributed a survey to every house across the Hornsey & Wood Green constituency asking people to record how long they have to queue at the Post Office. I want to get a comprehensive assessment of the level of service following the spate of Post Office closures (five serving the area have gone). The findings of the survey will be presented to the Post Office and - if they show unacceptabl...

The Guardian has news of Labour’s further inconsistency in their plans for the Post Office network: Lord Mandelson is urging the prime minister to save the Post Office network by allowing it to provide government services and financial products, according to a leaked letter seen by the Guardian. Mandelson suggests that the current economic downturn and “recent

Even on EastEnders this week, apparently. Dot Branning (Cotton as was) is to lead the popular protest. Yes, I know it's not real. But it has the ring of truth: if you are working-class, or rural, or both, then you can kiss goodbye to your Post Office. And to most other public services, for that matter.