Post office campaign update - 5,500 people protest against closures

3.00.00pm GMT Wed 6th Feb 2008

Local MP Tim Farron's campaign to save the 42 local post offices threatened by Government closures continued this week as he secured a promise from Post Office Limited that they would read every one of the letters they receive during the consultation. So far over five and a half thousand supporters have emerged from communities in Mr Farron's constituency alone.

Mr Farron is also urging people to send any further letters of support to his office as soon as possible, as the March deadline when the decisions will be taken is fast approaching.

Tim Farron said:

"The sheer level of public support for our campaign against the closures shows how the Government has misunderstood public feeling once again.

"Communities in rural areas are bound together by the local post office, and closing them would in many cases rip the heart out of the community. I urge anyone who hasn't yet been in contact about their local branch to do so."