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...

The Labour Party is in revolt this morning over proposed part-privatisation of the Post Office, complicated by news that the pension fund is apparently in crisis, and by signals that, if Labour MPs don’t vote for the Labour Government’s proposals, Tories and Lib Dems will. Now, I’ve written before that I’m agnostic on Post Office privatisation; I’ve always been econom...

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...

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...

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...

Among the Stricty Come Dancing banter on Twitter yesterday evening, I picked up some Labour activists attacking the Lib Dems. Nothing new there, you might think. The attack was that the Lib Dems had betrayed our principles, done a u-turn and were privitising the Post Office. I think we’re all familiar enough with Labour attacks

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...

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...

Labour’s Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, James Purnell, has announced that the Post Office has been awarded the contract to continue providing the Post Office Card Account (POCA). The Labour Government has taken the decision to help secure a viable Post Office network by awarding the five-year contract directly to the Post Office. Four million people, including two million pensione...

On Tuesday evening I attended a public meeting organized by Lib Dem MSP Mike Pringle regarding the proposed closure of the post office on Warrender Park. The evening news article can be viewed here. It was a rather heated and emotive meeting with many emotional pleas for the post office to remain opened from across the social and political spectrum. Early on an accusation was made from someone in ...