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Council in bid to save 28 POs

Hard-hitting questions are to be put to Post Office bosses in a bid by Shirehall watchdogs to find out the reasons why the company has targeted 28 branches across Shropshire for the axe. Hard-hitting questions are to be put to Post Office bosses in a bid by Shirehall watchdogs to find out the reasons why the company has targeted 28 branches across Shropshire for the axe. A county council report into the planned closures has led to Post Office Ltd being accused of discrimination, with a warning that many of its proposed alternative services are neither practical or realistic. Members of a council scrutiny panel will be seeking answers to the questions so that the authority can make its formal response to the closures move. It has "many concerns" about the proposals, says the 56-page report, and it is imperative that clearer information is forthcoming from Post Office Ltd. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star.

North Shropshire|May 7, 2008
Bridgnorth
Oswestry
North Shropshire
South Shropshire

28 county post offices on hit-list

Twenty eight post office branches and mobile services across Shropshire face the axe in a hit-list of closures revealed today. Twenty eight post office branches and mobile services across Shropshire face the axe in a hit-list of closures revealed today. The south of the county bears the brunt with 14 of the proposed closures announced by Post Office Ltd as part of national cash-saving programme. But services are also under threat in Shrewsbury, Telford & Wrekin, north Shropshire and the Oswestry area. Protests have already been staged outside some branches and petitions have been launched amid warnings that communities will be devastated. Nationally the Post Office has plans to close about 1,500 branches. A six-week public consultation is being held. See also - Don't blame us, says Brown Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star

North Shropshire|Apr 1, 2008
Mid Wales
Oswestry
South Shropshire
Bridgnorth
North Shropshire
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