National Post Office Week
Across the UK 2,500 Post Offices are facing potential closure over the next two years. I have tirelessly opposed every post office closure in Mid and West Wales and more widely.
I know from my constituency postbag that people in Mid and West Wales share my deep concerns at the potential impact of these branch closures on the day-to-day lives of local people, particularly the most vulnerable.
The Conservatives are joining rallies up and down Wales, and indeed the UK, to oppose future closures and only today I joined our Brecon and Radnorshire Assembly candidate Suzy Davies to oppose one such potential closure in Pant y dwr.
It may only be one small rural post office, which only opens every morning, but I have spoken to many local people who consider it to be “their” Post Office and see it as an integral part of their way of life and a way of meeting with friends and neighbours.
Our Post Office network has been the envy of other countries and New Labour is systematically trying to destroy it. We need to protect our post offices before it is too late. I would ask everyone to think twice before going further afield - can you get what you’re looking for from your local post office?
