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Coalition has ended historic decline in number of Post Offices
No comments on Coalition has ended historic decline in number of Post OfficesWhile writing my post about the refurbishment of a local Post Office yesterday I came across the following graph. It is taken from a briefing note prepared by the House of Commons Library and I think it clearly demonstrates that the coalition government has been responsible for a genuine change in policy towards the Post Office network. Throughout the 80’s and 90’s the trend in the number of Post Offices is downwards. During the later…
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The new Hockwell Ring Post Office is thanks to the Lib Dems
It seems that the Labour MP for Luton North, Kelvin Hopkins, was asked to officially open the newly modernised post office in Hockwell Ring this week. See the report here. This is a good news story and Kelvin is right to welcome this improved community facility. But I wonder if he also thanked the coalition government whose decisions made it possible? Perhaps not. But he should. Up until the last general election the only thing that…
