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Article: MP has plan to safeguard post offices ; A cornish MP has launched a scathing attack on the Post Office over its proposals for county-wide closures.
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- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- September 6, 2008
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A cornish MP has launched a scathing attack on the Post Office
over its proposals for county-wide closures.
Dan Rogerson, Liberal Democrat MP for North Cornwall, has
submitted a detailed response to the national organisation to
coincide with a six- week consultation process surrounding Post
Office closures.
In it, Mr Rogerson sets out opposition to each of the planned
closures and highlights the value local communities place on their
branches.
He also criticises the consultation saying it "commands no
confidence among the communities it was tasked to engage".
Mr Rogerson said: "The proposed closure programme for the North
Cornwall area - from Morwenstow in the East to Newquay in the West - ...