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Article: Post office relief - but more is needed ; What a collective sigh of relief was felt in the village post offices I visited earlier this month. News that the Government has bowed to public pressure and awarded the Post Office Card Account contract to the Post Office is welcomed by all people and voluntary groups and small businesses that rely on their local post office.
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- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- November 29, 2008
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What a collective sigh of relief was felt in the village post
offices I visited earlier this month. News that the Government has
bowed to public pressure and awarded the Post Office Card Account
contract to the Post Office is welcomed by all people and voluntary
groups and small businesses that rely on their local post office.
Jill Read-Brown states at the outset of her article on domestic
violence (November 24) that it occurs across all communities,
regardless of factors like age, gender and race.
The card account is used by millions unable to have a bank
account. Their average income is pounds8,000 a year and many are
elderly and vulnerable families. Post offices are a safe and ...