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The New Labour government has already overseen the
closure of thousands of post offices throughout the
land, so there is relief today as they award
the Post Office Card Account (POCA) contract to Royal
Mail.
The £900million, five-year contract is expected to
save at least 3,000 more post offices from closing as
4.3 million people will still require their services
for collecting their pensions or benefits.
Despite the firm PayPoint allegedly bidding less for
the contract, James Purnell, the Work and Pensions Secretary,
overruled the competitive tendering process due to these
"exceptional times".
It is too late for one of the Post Office branches
in my area which, despite its popularity, closed this
week. There was a huge effort by the community to keep
it open. Our MP, Russell Brown (Labour), was keen to
be associated with the campaign, despite having voted
in the Commons for the ongoing slashing of post office
numbers.
Perhaps he will get around to mentioning the failed
campaign on his
website and maybe thank all the people who were
involved, or maybe he will just keep attacking the Tories
instead like the first item currently listed on his
site.
If you have nothing left to offer, just attack someone
else. Pathetic. Just what do we pay these people for?
They vote FOR Post Office closures, then they spend
weeks fighting to keep THEIR local ones open.
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