Lib Dems Raise Post Office Closures in Commons

12.00.00am UTC (GMT +0000) Thu 12th Oct 2006

The Liberal Democrats will lead a Parliamentary debate on the future of Britain's post offices on Monday following a damning review by postal services watchdog Postcomm.

Having witnessed the recent spate of Post Office closures in his constituency, Dr Evan Harris, MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, said:

"This damning criticism of ministers over post offices by an independent watchdog is unprecedented.

"Postcomm's bleak prediction for rural post offices ought to shame these do-nothing Labour ministers into action after their acts of vandalism against the network.

"With over 5,000 post offices in danger of closing according to Postcomm's figures, we now have a crisis of unprecedented proportions. The Liberal Democrats will be leading the Parliamentary campaign to call for action before it is too late."