MP Graham Stuart has praised the community for pulling together over the proposed relocation of the Post Office in Beverley.
Mr Stuart joined Union Members and members from all political persuasions in Beverley as they look to put pressure on the Post Office to rethink their plans.
Cllr Denis Healy has handed over a petition to MP Graham Stuart as he looks to put pressure on the government to overturn a decision by the Post Office to relocate services to the nearby WH Smith store.
Cllr Healy and his team have collected over 2,500 signatures since November from residents. The Cllr says people in the town are outraged by proposals put forward by the Post Office.
Conservative Government Policy when it comes to the future of the 74 Crown Branches, including Beverley is quite clear. They allow the Post Office to deliver this strategy as an independent business.
While much has been made of the six-week consultation, Post Office bosses remain adamant that the relocation to WH Smith will go ahead.
Campaigners will be out in force on Saturday morning in support of the Post Office workers campaign to prevent the franchising of the town’s Crown post office to WH Smith.
Post Office managers are currently ‘consulting.roposals to transfer the town’s postal services to the high street stationer. The post office has been operating from its current site for over 100 years.
Residents are currently being urged to share their views following the launch of the Crown Post Office Public Consultation.
However as reported some weeks back, the Post Office has made it clear they have made their minds up. Bosses have said that the Post Office in Beverley will indeed be closed.
Post Office Bosses have confirmed that the Crown Post Office will be closed and relocated to the nearby WH Smith Store.
In a statement released they state clearly that regardless of the public consultation, a commercial decision has already been made.
Beverley’s Crown Post Office has won the support of East Riding of Yorkshire Council which bosses want to relocate.
Post office bosses have earmarked the Crown Post Office in the centre of Beverley for closure. They want to relocate the service to the nearby WH Smith store.
MP Graham Stuart is urging residents to support his attempts to save the Post Office in Beverley from closure.
Under plans put forward by the Post Office, the Crown Post Office in Beverley faces a very uncertain future and is likely to be relocated.
Post Office closure plans have prompted the local Conservatives to call those behind the proposals to have a ‘Re-Think’.
Beverley’s Crown Post Office in the Town Centre faces an uncertain future. The post office has confirmed they are drawing up plans to relocate it to the nearby WH Smith store.
Labour Party and local LibDem members were united on Saturday as they staging a protest to save Beverley Post Office from closure.
Representatives of from both parties were in Beverley town centre collecting signatures for their petitions to save the post office.
Beverley Labour Party campaigners will be joining forces with members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) this weekend.
Labour is calling on the Post Office to change its plans for the relocation. Proposals would see post office services from the town’s main post office moved to WH Smith.
Local Councillor, Denis Healy says a petition to save the Post Office in Beverley is ‘just the start’.
Cllr Healy launched the petition due to the news that the Post Office in Beverley Town centre faces potentially being closed.
Privatisation through the back door is how one councillor describes plans that put the Post Office in Beverley at risk.
Comments about the Post Office closure came from Cllr Denis Healy, who represents residents in St Mary’s.
As Beverley wakes up to the prospect of losing its town centre post office, politicians are already turning the topic into a political football.
Post office closures are nothing new. Thousands of them have disappeared from our high streets as technology helps make life easier.
MP Graham Stuart says he will need a lot of convincing that the Post Office in Beverley should be closed.
His comments come after the Post Office announced plans that will see them WH Smith run Post Office franchises. 40 Post Offices under proposals will be shifted to WH Smith.